Teen Red Code - Alastair Finch

The truth has a frequency. And only the kids are listening.

In the meticulously manicured town of Blackwood Creek, everyone has a price. For the adults, it was the "Green Miracle" of 2015-a corporate windfall that brought jobs, prosperity, and a silent, toxic legacy. For seventeen-year-old Kira Avery, the price was her family's soul; her mother, the town's lead lawyer, traded her integrity for the secret medical treatments that saved Kira's brother.

When Juno Singh, the town's golden-girl influencer, vanishes during a livestream, the adults call it a digital detox. The police call it a runaway case. But Kira sees the glitch in the video-a coded distress signal they invented as children.

Kira isn't alone. Joining her is Bash, Juno's overprotective brother haunted by their father's mysterious disappearance; Jax, the parkour-running "bad boy" hiding a forbidden romance with the missing girl; Felix, an AV geek who hears frequencies the world has tuned out; and Sloane, a socialite double-agent with a direct line to the town's corrupt elite.

Together, they are the Red Code Network.

As they peel back layers of deepfakes, encrypted "finstas," and a town-wide blackout, they encounter the Grey Wall: an older generation so invested in their own comfort that they've become the monsters they once warned their children about. From a high-stakes heist in the school's fallout shelter to a pulse-pounding hijacking of the town's emergency sirens, the teens must decide:

Is the truth worth destroying the only home they've ever known?

In a world where the internet is a weapon and silence is a contract, the Red Code is about to scream.