The Stainless Cage

In the wake of the landmark civil rights case Hale v. Harbor City Police Headquarters, attorney Claudia Vane thinks she has seen the darkest corners of the justice system. But when a death row inmate dies under mysterious circumstances at Ironwood Maximum Security Prison just days before his execution, she is drawn into a labyrinth where advanced surveillance and medical protocols are not tools of reform, but the perfect weapons for a new breed of crime. Unraveling a conspiracy that connects elite biotech firms, prison officials, and deepfake evidence, Vane discovers that society’s technological progress has not eliminated evil—it has merely granted it a more sophisticated, invisible armor.