Peace programs appear on screens, and the fine print never ends. In 2050, control spreads through scoring. Services improve for compliant zones, while association becomes punishment. Roy infiltrates a compliance center to expose prediction-based removals and rescue people marked as high influence. The danger is calm. It is fairness used under pressure to divide neighbors and purchase silence. The enemy doesn't fire bullets. It fires procedures. A tight rescue. Hard choices. Hooks that sharpen the conflict inside the resistance. Continue the 12-book arc with Book 6.