The Serpent's Tail

After a minor traffic collision in the Federal Republic of Westhaven, data engineer Elara Vance finds herself not in a hospital ward, but locked inside the Whitlock Institute for Cognitive Correction. Diagnosed with a sudden, severe psychosis, she is subjected to brutal electroconvulsive therapy and amnesia-inducing drugs. The only person who seems to notice her eyes remain sharp is Dr. Julian Croft. As Elara struggles to logically prove her sanity, she uncovers a conspiracy fueled by a vast inheritance—one that her opponent, the heir to the Aldric dynasty, will do anything to seize. A propulsive psychological thriller that reveals greed as humanity's most lethal evolutionary legacy, a venomous tail that can whip through the civilized veneer of courtrooms and medical ethics to destroy a life.