The Cage of Discipline

In the post-pandemic Westphal Republic, Ellis Kane, a man revered for his almost superhuman self-discipline, stands accused of murdering Julian Moreau, the architect of the federal health mandate that cost Kane his career. All forensic evidence points to Kane. But defense attorney Lena Adler discovers that the defendant's meticulously ordered life conceals a logic trap—one that will not only exonerate him but expose a far more sinister form of discipline lurking behind the public health apparatus. A Hugh Howey-esque legal thriller where extreme order becomes the prelude to extreme pathology.