The Valerian Bloodline

In the waning days of the Novamund Republic, the Supreme Tribunal is set to rule on Valerian v. Republic, a case that will decide the fate of the Valerian pharmaceutical dynasty accused of unleashing an opioid plague. But before justice can be delivered, a solar cataclysm plunges the world into permanent darkness and chaos, instantly voiding all law. Amid the collapse, Kael Valerian, the family's disgraced son who has long been haunted by a dark genetic legacy of ruthless amorality, discovers that the very "illness" in his blood is the ultimate survival tool. As society burns, he forges the first brutal rules of a new order, proving that crime is a hereditary disease that can crown kings in the ashes of civilization.