Calculated

Soon to be a Major Motion Picture Set in Shanghai and Seattle, “Calculated” is a gritty, modern day blend of the Count of Monte Cristo and Mission Impossible. She has many names-Octavia, Double 8, Phoenix, Josephine. She's a math prodigy, a calculating genius and everyone wants her. In seventeen-year-old Jo River's complicated world of numbers, there's no such thing as coincidence. When she is betrayed by someone she loves, kidnapped by the world's most wanted smuggler, and forced to use her talent to shore up a criminal empire, Jo deems her gift a curse-until she meets Red. Fellow captive and unlikely sage, Red teaches Jo to harness her true potential, so she can do more than just escape. Before he dies, Red reveals a secret about her enemies and makes her vow to right his wrongs. But Jo has a vow of her own. With help from Chan, a bitter billionaire, and Kai, his off-limits son, Jo rises into a new role, ready to take down those who ruined her life. Until a mathematical error comes back to haunt her with a threat much more dangerous than the criminals on the loose. To beat the odds, Jo must decide who she really is and if risking everything is worth it. After all, history is not made-it's calculated. With themes of revenge and forgiveness, loss and identity, brainpower versus brutality, and the triumph of right over might, it will resonate with readers everywhere.

Jo Rivers, safely back in Seattle, asks the same question daily-how does a math genius go from taking down international criminals and saving the world economy to living a normal teenage life? The only answer she can come up with is-she doesn't. With an overprotective father on her back and Kai on the other side of the world, Jo accepts an offer from Prodigy Stealth Solutions (PSS), who may have found a way to get her gift back. Using a newly developed technology, PSS tries a simulation process on Jo to restore her abilities, but during the attempt, PSS is hacked and a blacklist file containing some of PSS's most sensitive secrets is stolen. Meanwhile, a mysterious caller who seems to know more than he should delivers a warning to Jo about Kai, who then goes missing. Despite her father's concerns, Jo sets off on a risky trip to Tunisia with a PSS team of teen prodigies to find an urgently needed solution for PSS and locate Kai. All the while, Jo has to trust the mysterious informant who, frighteningly, is like no one she has ever met before.

In this exhilarating sequel, Jo Rivers, grapples with the aftermath of her adventures in Tunisia. Haunted by her extraordinary mathematical abilities and the enigmatic encounter with Noble, Jo's quest for a normal life is forever shattered. As she embarks on a mission to unlock the secrets of her gift and confront her unresolved emotions, she discovers that Noble has inexplicably disappeared, leaving only a coded message in the stars. With Kai undercover, Noble is the only one who has the answers Jo needs. When Jo's old friend Rafael mysteriously vanishes, coinciding with a critical assignment involving a potentially catastrophic satellite malfunction, Jo's instincts tell her that something far more dangerous is afoot. Determined to find Noble and save Rafael, Jo finds herself plunging into the treacherous Arctic of Finland, accompanied by her exceptional comrades and unexpected allies from her past. Together, they must unravel the intricate web of interference plaguing the satellites, racing against time to avert global chaos. As she follows the path illuminated by the enigmatic digits, Jo uncovers unforeseen answers that will challenge everything she thought she knew.