An all-new, stand-alone sci-fi caper from the author ofHammajang Luck: a bored hacker is forced by vicious gangsters to take down a crooked politician…only to find herself up against a code she might not be able to crack.

After the heist of a lifetime, Malia has it all: a loft apartment aboard the massive Kepler Station, expensive clothes, and a dev credit in her favorite video game. Shes also bored as hell. Three years after retiring her mantle as the Obake, the most infamous hacker in the quadrantand arguably the galaxyMalia hasnt taken well to civilian life. So whats the harm in rigging a few cybernetic prizefights and making a little cash on the side?

When Malias scheme is uncovered, she runs afoul of Jeongah Songthe dangerous leader of a local gang with a reputation for brutality. Malia is ready for retribution. But what she gets instead is an offer she cant refuse: take down the local politician leading a clean up the streets campaign displacing residents and hindering Jeongahs operations on the space station or die. Without another way out, Malia takes the deal.

Luckily, she has some friends she can call on in times of need: a master thief, a street racing wheelman, and a femme fatale grifter. But as Malia digs deeper into the politicians shady dealings, she finds herself embroiled in a conspiracy that might be too big for her to handle. One that has roots in her own rise as the Obakea cybernetically enhanced superhacker created by a power-mad genius a superhacker whose mods are rapidly degrading. Faced with threats on all sides, Malia may finally be in over her head…or stuckforeverinside her own mind.

Makana Yamamoto,author ofHammajang Luck,was born on the island of Maui. Splitting their time between the Mainland and Hawaii, Makana grew up on beaches and in snowbanks. Always a scientist at heart, Makana fell in love with sci-fi as a teenthey even led the science fiction and fantasy interest house at their college. A writer from childhood, fiction became the perfect medium for them to explore their interests as well as reconnect with their culture, coalescing into a passion for diverse sci-fi. They love writing multicultural settings and queer characters, as well as imagining what the future might look like for historically marginalized communities. In their free time, Makana likes to hoard dice for their Dungeons & Dragons games, defeat bosses with their guildmates, and get way too invested in reality competition shows. They currently live in New England with their wife and two cats.

• Publisher: Harper Voyager
• Publish Date: February 17, 2026
• Pages: 352
• Language: English
• Type: Paperback
• EAN/UPC: 9780063430860
• Dimensions:8 in H | 5.3 in W | 0.8 in T | 0.6 lb Wt
• BISAC Categories: Science Fiction, Literary Fiction, Popular Fiction