Unsoiled

In the fractured Aurelian Republic, where police brutality lawsuits like Vance v. Ashwick PD expose a rotting system, emotional predator Julian Blackwood perfects his art of coercive control—pushing vulnerable women to suicide. His next target is Cora Vance, sister of a high-profile police brutality victim, until he crosses paths with the one man too world-weary to be fooled yet too principled to let the filth spread.