Description
When a classified cybercrime brings NCIS face-to-face with a pair of off-the-grid agents, nothing about the case-or them-is ordinary. Sixteen-year-old Rowan Hale doesn't speak. She hasn't since her father stole her voice years ago. Now a silent prodigy with a past no one dares to ask about, she communicates through her partner, Agent Marcus Vance, a man who's been her handler, translator, and the only person she trusts since she was eight years old. But as Gibbs and his team dig deeper into the case, they start uncovering more than digital footprints-pieces of Rowan's trauma begin to surface. Tony's curiosity, Ziva's empathy, and Gibbs' instinct for broken souls clash in the tense quiet she carries. And behind her stillness lies something darker, something that even Marcus can't always protect her from. Some codes can be cracked. Others live beneath the scars.
Chapter One: Silent Arrival
