In a future where a brain synchronisation makes lying impossible, crime should no longer exist. So when the region's only legal liar is found dead in a locked house with no cause of death, the system has no explanation - and no one capable of deception to solve it.
Except Jacob Highway. A disgraced ex-detective who refused the implant, Jacob is dragged back into a society that fears him to investigate a murder that, by all logic, shouldn't be possible. But VeriSync doesn't force truth - it only prevents lies. And in a world where no one can lie, manipulation is the perfect weapon.