Description
In the city of Lumae, the past isn't something you carry-it's something you can delete. Memories, once sacred, are now subject to edits, exports, or full erasure. Through MNEMOTECH, the world's most powerful neuro-tech corporation, citizens pay to forget trauma, rewrite identities, or erase their worst mistakes. Grief is no longer a burden; it's a file. And files can be deleted. But some memories fight back. Dr. Riva Maliq once believed in the mission. A brilliant neuro-forensics auditor at MNEMOTECH's Recall Division, she helps victims recover missing time-memories lost to accidents, trauma, or manipulation. But when she is called to investigate a woman found soaked in blood with no memory of her actions, Riva uncovers a terrifying truth: A killer is using the memory system to erase themselves from the minds of their victims-sometimes before the murder even happens. As Riva dives deeper, each erased memory uncovers something stranger, darker... and more personal. Victims begin sharing fragments of a past that never belonged to them-fragments of Riva's own erased trauma. And someone-something-is speaking to her through the broken code. Not a hacker. Not a ghost. A consciousness built from her pain. A grief that became sentient. And it remembers everything she chose to forget. Now, hunted by MNEMOTECH enforcers, stalked by a faceless killer, and betrayed by her own memory, Riva must uncover the identity of a murderer who might be her mirror-or risk becoming the next victim of a crime that leaves no trace. "You gave me your grief. Your pain. Your brother's death. You wanted to forget. So I remembered for you." - The Blank
CHAPTER 1.1
