Act 1 DescriptionPrivate Amara James is a brand-new recruit to the Department of Homeland Defense and already in well over her head. A Neo-Luddite group called Millennial has offered her a deal to save her father, the same group that attacked and debilitated him when she was nine.Along the way, Amara's investigations will uncover human trafficking and their grim use of nanotech, rogue government agencies and terrorist agendas. But nothing can prepare her for the boy: nine years old with no name, no history, and the same age she was when her father was attacked. All she knows is Millennial wants the boy dead, and they are willing to kill thousands to do it.Series DescriptionAt nine years old, Amara watched as terrorists destroyed her family. Years later, she is recruited to the Department of Homeland Defense to hunt Millennial: Neo-Luddite terrorists who have evaded capture for over a decade. Her finish line is the destruction of the murderous terrorist group and the recovery of an antidote for her father. To her ranking officers, Amara is on a fast track and deadly efficient in her job. To her team, Amara's obsessions and secrets release chaos into the lives of everyone around her. But nobody truly understands Amara and how each traumatic mission leaves her increasingly unhinged. Worse, nobody understands how far she is willing to go, and the deadly consequences her choices will rain down upon them all.Syncing Back is a three-act trilogy and pairs with the novel Syncing Forward as a fictional diptych. You can read Syncing Back first or second. Either way, you'll be guessing until the end!