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Ruby Raine: Born in Silence, Forged in Fire
Paperback
Series: Ruby Raine Saga, Book 1
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jul 8 2025
Pages: 316
Weight: 0.93
Height: 0.66 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
She was built to be silent. She came back with a storm.
Before she was Ruby Raine, she was Almita Castillo-a streetwise girl with nothing to lose and everything to survive. Caught in the crosshairs of a corrupt system, she was given a choice: prison or military service. What she didn't know was that both roads led to Babylon-a covert government program that turned orphans and runaways into elite assassins under a project known as Raindagger.
Erased from every record, reprogrammed by classified science, and trained by masters of both ancient and modern warfare, Almita became Raine. Precision weapon. Ghost operative. A name whispered between blacksite walls. And then-nothing.
She disappeared.
Years later, a blacksite breach leaks footage no one was supposed to see-early experiments, failed prototypes, and a file marked:
Project Raindagger: Subject - Ruby Raine. Status: Deceased. Not Deactivated.
That single line sparks a reckoning.
Now Ruby Raine is back. And she's not interested in revenge-she wants the system dismantled. Piece by piece. With her team beside her:
Datu Lapu, the silent Filipino master who taught her how to kill without modern tools.
Dominic Vega, the Afro-Cuban explosives expert who trained her in black ops and never stopped watching her six.
Detective Gabriel Reyes, the man who once gave her a second chance-and now needs her to bring Babylon down.
Elena Alvarez, a brilliant attorney once marked as Babylon's first failed subject, now determined to bring it all to light.
Together, they uncover the deepest levels of the program-the shadow agency Eidolon, the secrets behind the TRIDENT initiative, and the dangerous truths buried inside Ruby's own mind.
But justice has a cost. And Raine has spent years deciding how much she's willing to pay.
Part espionage thriller, part emotional origin story, Ruby Raine delivers explosive action, dark secrets, and the rise of a new kind of hero. For fans of Jason Bourne, Salt, Atomic Blonde, and Queen & Slim, this debut novel in the Ruby Raine Saga asks:
What happens when the system's deadliest weapon wakes up-and turns against it?
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