Scapegoat's Abyss

In the Federated States of Veridia, a disabled former claims investigator, Ellian Graves, is on the verge of losing his battle against the Federal Benefits Bureau over a denied disability claim. Desperate and invisible, he accepts a monstrous deal: take the blame for a hit-and-run that killed a young woman, a crime actually committed by Julian Ashford, the reckless son of a powerful appellate judge. What begins as a calculated transaction spirals into a psychological duel when the Ashfords discard Graves like used evidence. Abandoned to a shattered life, Graves harnesses his intimate knowledge of bureaucratic and legal corruption to orchestrate an intricate revenge—only to discover that the line between righteous anger and self-destructive obsession has dissolved, and the abyss has already made its home inside him.