Alex Reeve was an agent under the ELIMINI , a name born from the word elimination. To the public, the organization did not exist. But behind governments, wars, elections, and silent political disasters, ELIMINI operated like an invisible hand controlling the world's spy network from the shadows. And Alex was their finest weapon. He had never heard the name Ira Blackwood before. To ELIMINI, Ira Blackwood wasn't a person. She was a ghost. A rumor wrapped in bloodshed. No verified face. No known age. No permanent location. Only bodies left behind and missions destroyed without explanation.

On a freezing winter night in New York, Alex sat alone on the leather couch of his apartment, sorting through classified files beneath the dim amber light hanging above him. Snow tapped softly against the windows while the city outside breathed in silence. Then came the sound.