The Glacier Lie

In the frozen isolation of Ishtar Station, a supply line collapse traps a polar research team with a deadly secret. When evidence emerges that a notorious war criminal, the "Butcher of Kestria", is hiding among them, a swift and convenient accusation falls upon the station’s quiet meteorologist. As the crew holds a makeshift trial in the howling dark, engineer Alex Mercer begins to notice that every piece of evidence fits too perfectly—a seamless, seductive lie designed to bury a far uglier truth. Combining hard-science survival with a razor-sharp legal mystery, the story reveals how easily justice freezes over when people prefer a comforting fiction. To save the innocent and unmask the real monster, Alex must hack together a case from ice cores, radio logs, and the immutable laws of physics before the perpetual night swallows them all.