SOS Books in Order

A teenager’s friend dies after interrupting a broadcast with an unexplained challenge, leaving Max targeted by a corporate-government pursuit. Going on the run forces him back into underground hacking networks, where shifting identities and uncertain alliances complicate uncovering what his friend discovered.

Three novellas expand the histories surrounding a young hacking group: one follows a friend’s final day, another bridges two investigations, and a third explores the earlier activism of a protagonist’s parents. Each connects personal choices with dangerous efforts to expose hidden wrongdoing.

Returning from a quiet semester abroad, Max is drawn back into danger by a request to meet a whistleblower. Detention on suspicion of cyberterrorism leaves him little choice but to help his hacker friends investigate a corporation seeking control over information online.