lacey-books

In Halden Institute, where rhythm is surveillance and silence is a strategy.Mikaela Eliaz arrives as an Errant Child—contained, labeled, and buried beneath the desert in a facility that turns instability into obedience. Her powers are unpredictable. Her memories don’t line up. And the system won’t stop watching.Inside Halden, she must learn to live among others like her—monsters, misfits, and survivors—each carrying their own scars, secrets, and ways of staying whole. Some fight. Some vanish. Some break quietly. Mikaela isn’t sure which she’ll become.Halden doesn’t just monitor. It waits. For someone to slip. For the ones who won’t disappear. For the rhythm that won’t stay buried.And when it’s ready, the hum decides who gets remembered.