In the shattered remains of Ravenwall -a post-apocalyptic city ruled by crime lords, corrupt officials, and shadows that seem to think-Detective Mark Tailor walks the thin line between justice and madness. Thirty years of unsolved cases, buried conspiracies, and personal loss have carved him into a man held together by grit, obsession, and the ghosts of his past. When a mysterious figure known only as The Architect resurfaces, Mark is dragged into a deadly game built on old secrets and new betrayals.
A fire that killed his mother, a mentor who never died, and a father who hid the truth behind a badge-all collide as Mark uncovers a conspiracy older than the city's ruins. But the deeper he digs, the more he realizes one thing:Asteron didn't break him by accident. It was designed to. In a world where justice is extinct and truth is fatal, one broken detective must face the past that made him-and the enemy determined to finish the job.
In the shattered remains of Ravenwall -a post-apocalyptic city ruled by crime lords, corrupt officials, and shadows that seem to think-Detective Mark Tailor walks the thin line between justice and madness. Thirty years of unsolved cases, buried conspiracies, and personal loss have carved him into a man held together by grit, obsession, and the ghosts of his past. When a mysterious figure known only as The Architect resurfaces, Mark is dragged into a deadly game built on old secrets and new betrayals.
A fire that killed his mother, a mentor who never died, and a father who hid the truth behind a badge-all collide as Mark uncovers a conspiracy older than the city's ruins. But the deeper he digs, the more he realizes one thing:Asteron didn't break him by accident. It was designed to. In a world where justice is extinct and truth is fatal, one broken detective must face the past that made him-and the enemy determined to finish the job.