In the heart of a Tokyo that never sleeps, Aya lives a quiet life as a graphic designer, but beneath her calm exterior lies a haunting obsession with her sister’s mysterious disappearance years ago. The story begins with a chance encounter with the handsome surgeon, Kaito Mori—a man of magnetic charm and surgical precision that evokes both admiration and a chilling sense of unease. From the very first moment, Aya senses that Kaito is not just a passing date, but a thread leading her into dark worlds she never imagined existed. As her relationship with Kaito deepens, Aya begins to notice small, unsettling details: a coldness behind his surgical spectacles, a persistent metallic scent in his elegant home, and symbols that disturbingly mirror her own forgotten childhood memories. She finds herself facing a terrifying question: Is Kaito the man who will save her from her loneliness, or is he the predator who has been watching her from the shadows all along? The journey shifts from the bright lights of Shinjuku to the foggy alleys of London, where Aya discovers that the past she tried to escape has long arms reaching out to grasp the future of all humanity. In a perilous race through psychological and technological labyrinths, she must hunt for the truth buried within "The Zero Records." Aya finds herself caught in a global conspiracy that transcends ordinary crime—a world where faces are not what they seem, and masks hide secrets that could change the very definition of what it means to be human. Will she be able to unmask the truth before she becomes just another specimen in a grand, terrifying experiment?

In the frozen heart of the Colorado mountains, Blackwood Manor was supposed to be an elite escape. But as a blizzard cuts all ties to the outside world, the luxury retreat transforms into a lethal cage. When a high-profile guest is found dead in a locked room, the guests realize they aren't VIPs—they are pawns in a meticulously planned execution. Jake Wallace, a disgraced detective haunted by a corrupt past, is the only one who sees the pattern in the blood. Trapped in a fortress of ice with a killer who is always one step ahead, he must forge an uneasy alliance with Jaxon—a cold-blooded federal asset with a mind like a razor and a dark history of his own. But the murder is just the tip of the iceberg. As Wallace and the resilient Chloe dig deeper, they uncover The Syndicate: a shadowy global organization that manipulates nations and erases anyone in its path. In a world where truth is a liability and silence is survival, Wallace has nothing left to lose but his integrity. How much is a life worth when the powerful decide it’s expendable? The game is set, the Syndicate is watching, and the price of compassion might just be everything.