the IVORY SYNDICATE: Book One of New Oyo Chronicles

A COLD-BLOODED PRINCE. A STREET-LEVEL HACKER. AND AN UNHOLY ALLIANCE THAT COULD BURN AN EMPIRE. Zuri thought she knew the rules of survival in the Lower Spine slums: keep your head down, your blades sharp, and your bio-electric copper tracks hidden under your cloak. But when a high-stakes heist goes sideways, she accidentally downloads the Crimson Ledger-an encrypted corporate database containing the darkest financial crimes of the High Council. Suddenly, she is the most wanted ghost in the New Oyo sector. To survive the night, she is forced into a deadly, high-chemistry partnership with the city's most dangerous asset: Prince Kaelen. He is the cold, calculated commander of the shadow guards, wielding an ancient, unholy magic that can manipulate the dark itself. He should be the one hunting her down, but he has his own blood debt to settle with the syndicate. THE RUNWAY IS SET. THE COUNTDOWN IS TICKING. When the High Council activates the legendary Blood Trial, Zuri and Kaelen are dropped onto a floating ivory arena, broadcast live to every screen in the city. Trapped inside an automated, lethal maze with an accelerating system purge, they must synchronize her street-hustle digital skills with his absolute physical destruction. As the heat from the refinery furnace rises beneath their boots, the magnetic current between the thief and the warlord prince flares white-hot. Can they break the system, leak the ledger, and permanently disconnect the master tracker, or will their alliance be buried beneath the ashes of the syndicate? >