The Dagger's Root

In the Federal Republic of Felden, Elias Valen spends thirty years in prison for the attempted murder of a police officer during a chaotic domestic call in Oakwood. Released at sixty-three, he discovers that his conviction was built on a petty vanity: a young patrolman, Daniel Riva, planted a knife on a dead man and framed the only witness to cover his own mistake. As Elias peels back the layers of a decades-long conspiracy involving the police department, the prosecutor's office, and city hall, he confronts a chilling truth—monstrous injustice can grow from the smallest, most ordinary seed of human weakness.