Inside a secret lab, Linuka Omga navigates shifting realities to rescue prisoners—only to face a brutal confrontation when her Uurmi symbiont takes control. As timelines blur and danger escalates, she must decide who to trust—herself or the creature within. This time, the weak link might be her.

Linuka Omga needs a hacker core. The only one she ever met may still be out there—hidden, repurposed, and assigned to the very penal unit she's trying to break into. To find her allies, she’ll have to trace a stolen AI through public records, smuggler networks, and lies.

Linuka Omga finds herself lost in a bizarre suburb of the galactic capital. Haunted by doubt, pursued by Assembly enforcers, and guided by her symbiont’s whisper, she walks straight into a showdown between a smuggler and a local vendor. But danger often disguises opportunity—and Linuka makes a bold offer that could change everything.