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The Flagged: The Lazarus Trials | Book Two
★★★★★ "I couldn't decide whether to run away or continue reading. It was so captivating."
★★★★★ "A real teeth clencher that sticks with you after the last page."
— Reader Reviews, MINIMAL DISTRESS
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They were flagged as "non-compliant." They were supposed to be erased. They survived.
Three years after Lila Mays disappeared, investigative journalist Nora Walsh discovers the horrifying Some of the Cycle 0 students are still alive.
Maya Ortiz. Institutionalized. Told she's delusional. But her memories of Sub-B are real.
Tommy Nguyen. In hiding with encrypted evidence. Every deleted file. Every erased record.
Sandra Mitchell. Silenced whistleblower. Still gathering proof. Still fighting.
With Nora's help, they're going to expose Project Lazarus—and everyone responsible.
But the conspiracy goes deeper than anyone imagined. Dr. Maddox was never the mastermind. And Cycle 3 is already operational.
THE FLAGGED is a fast-paced psychological thriller about institutional conspiracy, survivors fighting back, and the price of truth.
Book 2 of THE LAZARUS TRIALS trilogy.
Perfect for fans of THE SILENT PATIENT and BEHIND HER EYES.
Content Institutional abuse, psychological manipulation, PTSD
★★★★★ "A real teeth clencher that sticks with you after the last page."
— Reader Reviews, MINIMAL DISTRESS
___
They were flagged as "non-compliant." They were supposed to be erased. They survived.
Three years after Lila Mays disappeared, investigative journalist Nora Walsh discovers the horrifying Some of the Cycle 0 students are still alive.
Maya Ortiz. Institutionalized. Told she's delusional. But her memories of Sub-B are real.
Tommy Nguyen. In hiding with encrypted evidence. Every deleted file. Every erased record.
Sandra Mitchell. Silenced whistleblower. Still gathering proof. Still fighting.
With Nora's help, they're going to expose Project Lazarus—and everyone responsible.
But the conspiracy goes deeper than anyone imagined. Dr. Maddox was never the mastermind. And Cycle 3 is already operational.
THE FLAGGED is a fast-paced psychological thriller about institutional conspiracy, survivors fighting back, and the price of truth.
Book 2 of THE LAZARUS TRIALS trilogy.
Perfect for fans of THE SILENT PATIENT and BEHIND HER EYES.
Content Institutional abuse, psychological manipulation, PTSD
235 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 28, 2026
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About the author
Sloane Halden
5 books1 followerSloane Halden writes psychological thrillers about ordinary people with dangerous secrets. Her stories blend slow-burn tension, buried pasts, and the kind of twists that make you rethink everything you have just read.
Fascinated by power, memory, and the lies people tell to survive, she often sets her books in closed worlds where institutions have long shadows and nobody is as safe as they seem.
When she is not writing, Sloane is usually reading true crime, scribbling in notebooks, or plotting her next story with a strong cup of coffee. She lives in Texas and is always working on the next thriller.
Fascinated by power, memory, and the lies people tell to survive, she often sets her books in closed worlds where institutions have long shadows and nobody is as safe as they seem.
When she is not writing, Sloane is usually reading true crime, scribbling in notebooks, or plotting her next story with a strong cup of coffee. She lives in Texas and is always working on the next thriller.
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This is the second book in the Lazarus series from this author, continuing with the story from the first. Again, the author has succeeded in keeping me tense and anxious about the future of the characters throughout. It was one of those feelings like peeking through your fingers at something, wondering whether to look away, or continue so you could find out what happened.
So many decisions being made, wondering at the wisdom and the outcome.
The new administration of the program is thoroughly confident that their decisions are right and will make a difference to the future of healthcare, based on the fact that they could not help their sister through PTSD.
People doing wrong things for seemingly good reasons — the moral dilemma and the weight of options — all these difficulties are woven into the narrative, causing the reader to contemplate how so many things in life present this sort of problem.
Don’t rush through the book. Take some time to reflect on your own reaction to the choices made by the various players.
This is the second book in the Lazarus series from this author, continuing with the story from the first. Again, the author has succeeded in keeping me tense and anxious about the future of the characters throughout. It was one of those feelings like peeking through your fingers at something, wondering whether to look away, or continue so you could find out what happened.
So many decisions being made, wondering at the wisdom and the outcome.
The new administration of the program is thoroughly confident that their decisions are right and will make a difference to the future of healthcare, based on the fact that they could not help their sister through PTSD.
People doing wrong things for seemingly good reasons — the moral dilemma and the weight of options — all these difficulties are woven into the narrative, causing the reader to contemplate how so many things in life present this sort of problem.
Don’t rush through the book. Take some time to reflect on your own reaction to the choices made by the various players.
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