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The Wrong Note
The city isn’t just watching. It’s listening. And it’s hungry.
Disgraced detective Sierra Calder lost everything—her badge, her reputation, and her partner—pursuing a truth no one else would people aren’t just going missing in New York’s subway tunnels. They are being erased.
Haunted by the "static" of the vanished and the scent of ozone that precedes every disappearance, Sierra is forced into the shadows to continue her hunt. When a reclusive hacker known only as the Locksmith offers her a way to track the digital ghosts of the victims, Sierra uncovers a terrifying conspiracy buried beneath the city streets.
Project Axiom, led by the enigmatic Maestro, isn't just a government cover-up; it is a cosmic machine designed to harvest human consciousness to "optimize" reality. The system sees humanity as data, and it is culling the variables.
But the machine has a flaw. To defeat an enemy that controls the laws of physics, Sierra must assemble a team of broken a rogue technologist, a compromised inspector, and a gifted cellist whose music holds the resonant frequency capable of shattering the system.
As the Vanishing accelerates, Sierra and her team must infiltrate the heart of the conspiracy and play the one thing the Maestro cannot The Wrong Note.
Disgraced detective Sierra Calder lost everything—her badge, her reputation, and her partner—pursuing a truth no one else would people aren’t just going missing in New York’s subway tunnels. They are being erased.
Haunted by the "static" of the vanished and the scent of ozone that precedes every disappearance, Sierra is forced into the shadows to continue her hunt. When a reclusive hacker known only as the Locksmith offers her a way to track the digital ghosts of the victims, Sierra uncovers a terrifying conspiracy buried beneath the city streets.
Project Axiom, led by the enigmatic Maestro, isn't just a government cover-up; it is a cosmic machine designed to harvest human consciousness to "optimize" reality. The system sees humanity as data, and it is culling the variables.
But the machine has a flaw. To defeat an enemy that controls the laws of physics, Sierra must assemble a team of broken a rogue technologist, a compromised inspector, and a gifted cellist whose music holds the resonant frequency capable of shattering the system.
As the Vanishing accelerates, Sierra and her team must infiltrate the heart of the conspiracy and play the one thing the Maestro cannot The Wrong Note.
210 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 27, 2025
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February 19, 2026
This was an interesting read. Science-fiction, a mystery thriller, so much going on... I was hooked from the first, with the bizarre disappearances and underlying conspiracy.
The only thing that held the story back for me was that it seemed a little overwritten in places. Our protagonist wasn't entirely believable to me in how embittered she was, and things seemed on the verge of slipping into Dan Brown territory sometimes (no problem if you like that sort of book!).
I liked the Matrix-esque multidimensional plot, even if the baddies seemed a little moustache-twirlingly evil sometimes, and the addition of music as a solution was clever.
A decent thriller and an author with great potential.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout in exchange for an honest review.
The only thing that held the story back for me was that it seemed a little overwritten in places. Our protagonist wasn't entirely believable to me in how embittered she was, and things seemed on the verge of slipping into Dan Brown territory sometimes (no problem if you like that sort of book!).
I liked the Matrix-esque multidimensional plot, even if the baddies seemed a little moustache-twirlingly evil sometimes, and the addition of music as a solution was clever.
A decent thriller and an author with great potential.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout in exchange for an honest review.
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