When the city turns your mind into a battleground, how much will you risk to stay yourself?In a near-future world where every thought can be measured, manipulated, and sold, Elara Voss wants one thing: to keep her mind her own. But after surviving the surge that made her a target, she and her friends are drawn into a new, more dangerous game-a city-wide experiment in digital consent and control. The beacons pulse, the "noise" rises, and every choice is a negotiation with power that never sleeps.As a new kind of adversarial technology threatens to rewrite the rules of autonomy, Elara must decide what she's willing to sacrifice to protect herself, her found family, and the fragments of freedom they have left. But in a world that studies your every hesitation, saying no might be the most dangerous act of all.NOISE is a tense, visionary sci-fi thriller about agency, friendship, and resilience in the shadow of ubiquitous surveillance-a gripping sequel to Windows: What Would You Risk for a Moment of Genius?