The Obedience of Ashes

In the Republic of Varnia, the nationwide UMET exam fraud scandal shattered the lives of thousands of deserving students, branding them as rejects. Years later, DI Anika Rane faces a chilling series of ritualistic murders targeting the corrupt officials behind the fraud. The investigation plunges her into a clandestine psychological experiment led by a charismatic professor who has turned the most broken rejects into obedient executioners. As the line between justice and bloody anarchy blurs, Rane must unravel the twisted mind games before the experiment consumes everyone, revealing that each killer is a long-rejected soul seeking a new beginning in a world that forgot them.