Operative 13

In the shadows of the interplanetary underworld, Operative 13 is a ghost.

Alex Grey is a precision-forged weapon of the Office of Strategic Intelligence — an off-the-books assassin deployed only when diplomacy fails and results are all that matter.

When a classified cyberwarfare weapon known as VENOM is stolen in a deadly heist, Grey is sent to recover it before it disappears into the corporate underworld. But the hunt pulls him into a conspiracy far larger than a single mission — one that threatens to destabilise the balance of power.

Forced into an uneasy alliance with Isabel Marquez, a brilliant and dangerous survivor with her own reasons for wanting VENOM found, Grey must navigate fortified corporate enclaves and orbital cities where loyalty is temporary and violence is always deniable.

As the operation spirals, Grey is forced to confront the cost of remaining a weapon first — and a human second.