Shadow Operatives

DNA doesn't care if you're dead or alive.Kaden Baker, an elite hacker with covert ops skills, has just discovered that the parents who raised her were paid imposters. When she finds a mysterious USB drive from her real mother, she's determined to uncover the truthno matter who's pulling the strings.Meanwhile, Valerie Ramirez, a special ed teacher haunted by her toddler's drowning, uses her lottery winnings to pursue a second chance at motherhood through a cutting-edge fertility clinic.Their paths collide at Birthrights Unlimited, where they unearth a web of deception: grave-robbing operations collecting celebrity DNA, experimental bio-weapons, and hundreds of young women held captive as surrogates.As they race to expose these horrors, Kaden and Valerie discover that the architects behind it all will kill to keep their secrets buried. But some truths refuse to stay hidden."Biohack" is a high-octane thriller where tomorrow's science meets today's darkest nightmares.400 pages

A mysterious rocket launch. A doomsday weapon. A secret worth killing for.When teen hacker Scorpio accidentally downloads top-secret files from a shadowy corporation, he triggers a lethal manhunt that leaves his parents dead and forces him to run for his life.Only covert operative Kaden Baker stands between Scorpio and the merciless killers on his trail. But as they uncover the terrifying truth behind the files, Kaden finds herself drawn into a high-stakes conspiracy reaching all the way to the White House.With Kaden's father held captive in an underground bunker and robotic soldiers marching on Washington, the clock is ticking with the global balance of power hanging in the balance. Can they stop tech billionaire Paul Redman from unleashing a powerful new weapon before America's capital is reduced to ashes?A pulse-pounding thriller packed with cutting-edge tech intrigue and high-stakes action, Firefall is perfect for fans of Michael Crichton, James Rollins, Blake Crouch, and Daniel Suarez.

A deadly family secret collides with a terrifying global conspiracy.When a shocking revelation shatters her world, twenty-three-year-old hacker Kaden Baker stumbles upon a sinister plot threatening millions. To stop it, she must team up with the long-lost father she never knew and an AI agent modeled after a legendary heroine.After hundreds of teenage girls vanish overnight across America, Kaden tracks their disappearances to a mysterious island resort off the Florida coast, where the world's elite indulge their darkest fantasies and powerful forces have taken her sister captive.As Kaden races from high-tech hideouts to remote prison camps, she deploys every hacking and covert-ops skill in her arsenal to thwart a biological attack while unraveling the truth about her past. But time is running out as a shadowy enemy prepares to wipe out millions of innocent lives.Can Kaden and her ragtag team of operatives stop them in time?Catch and Kill will keep your pulse racing from first page to lastand leave you questioning how far you'd go to protect the ones you love.

A mysterious DNA lab. An off-book rocket launch. Dark secrets that must never be revealed.All figure prominently in "Biohack," "Catch and Kill" and "Firefall," near-future action thrillers in the tradition of Michael Crichton and Dan Brown.Kaden Baker, a hacker and covert ops specialist, battles powerful forces out to reshape humanity in the most unimaginable ways. In the process, she teams up with unlikely allies to rescue young girls put in harm's way and in the process discovers an unsettling truth about her own past.Author J.D. Lasica, a veteran of Silicon Valley, explores the cutting-edge technologies of biotech, virtual reality, and artificial intelligence in this harrowing trilogy that seems like a cross between "Black Mirror" and tomorrow's headlines."A perfect medley of high-tech thrills and old-school James Bond espionage." thriller author Nick Thacker"J.D. Lasica's searing biopunk novel is the Dan Brown meets Lara Croft meets Michael Crichton thriller we've been waiting for." sci-fi/thriller author Saul Tanpepper""Kaden Baker is a techno-thriller heroine for a new agetough, smart, and walk-off-the-page real." LynDee Walker, national bestselling authorPerfect for fans of Michael Crichton, Dan Brown, James Rollins and Blake Crouch.