TOBEY ALVAREZ

Eight operatives. One mission no one will claim. And a truth powerful enough to bring governments to their knees. When a nameless file surfaces across global intelligence networks—a dossier marked only with a red 9—eight agents from eight nations are quietly assembled under a false flag operation.

Years after Carter’s disappearance, journalist Rhea Collins uncovers a series of strange recordings linked to his old barbershop—tapes that seem to respond when played. When she broadcasts them live, Chicago transforms into a living frequency, each heartbeat syncing to an unseen rhythm.

Thirty years after high school, Marissa Cole and Evan Ward reunite at a reunion neither planned to attend — and one touch reignites the love they never had the courage to claim. But they aren’t the same teenagers they once were. They’re married. They’re hurt.

The Ninth Division was supposed to be finished. Its agents disbanded. Its secrets buried. Its war over.