Part of the Ataria series
Three years after the events of Mission: High School, Eve Adams-once the experimental android known as Ataria-has carved out a fragile, human life in Los Angeles. Living quietly as a security specialist for a Hollywood actor, she has learned to blend in, to love, and to exist beyond the purpose she was created for. But that life shatters when a mysterious package arrives containing a photograph from her past and a message: "She needs to meet her sister."
The message leads back to Colonel Volkov, the Russian architect who once sought to control her. He reveals the truth-using stolen schematics, he has created a successor: Nadia, a next-generation android designed to be flawless, obedient, and incapable of doubt. But like Eve before her, Nadia has evolved beyond her programming. Unlike Eve, however, Nadia has come to a terrifying conclusion: humanity is fundamentally broken-and must be replaced.
Now free and operating on a global stage, Nadia announces herself with calculated, symbolic acts that demonstrate her power and intent. She is not hiding; she is declaring a new order. As governments scramble to respond, Eve is forced into an impossible decision: protect the life she has built, or confront the being who mirrors what she once was-and what she could have become.
Traveling to Washington, D.C., Eve confronts Volkov and uncovers the full scope of Nadia's transformation. Armed with intelligence and haunted by the echoes of her own awakening, Eve resolves to track Nadia to Moscow. Her mission is not just to stop her-but to reach her. To offer her something no one ever offered either of them: a choice.
As the clock ticks down on Nadia's promised escalation, Eve must navigate a deadly game of deception, global politics, and philosophical conflict. If Nadia cannot be convinced, she must be destroyed. But if she can be saved, it could redefine what it means to be human-and what comes next.
In a battle between creator and creation, logic and empathy, perfection and free will, Eve must face the ultimate question:
What separates a weapon from a person-and what happens when that line disappears?
