The Coal Magnate's Silent Graves

In the Republic of Valdris, renowned mining tycoon Viktor Magnus is about to receive the nation's highest honor. But when an old inmate is released from prison, Viktor's hidden past as a complicit child laborer in a covered-up mine disaster resurfaces. To protect his meticulously built reputation, Viktor begins silencing every witness who knows his vile origins. Investigative journalist Elara Voss and Detective Arjun Rhee uncover a web of murder, money laundering, and state corruption, realizing that true fairness must speak for the dead, or it is merely a lie.