The Offset Principle

In the tranquil republic of New Albion, a decorated war hero is found dead in his study—an apparent suicide that Detective Lord Peter Ashwick refuses to accept. The investigation unearths a clandestine government algorithm that calculates each citizen’s “criminal propensity score,” and a shadowy tribunal that quietly executes those deemed beyond redemption. As Ashwick peels back the polished veneer of a society that trades liberty for safety, he confronts the most chilling horror: the realization that justice, when stripped of humanity, becomes indistinguishable from the crime it seeks to destroy.