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.