The Banal Badge

In the tangled jungles between Valdoria and Santa Marta, Patrol Officer Daniel Croft is a paragon of duty—until a single compromise to pay for his daughter's surgery turns him into the architect of a vast smuggling network. He never touches narcotics or guns; he merely sends false patrol reports and misleading intelligence. When a federal investigator exposes the operation, Daniel insists he is just a messenger, a bureaucrat doing paperwork. This novel, inspired by the Lorenzo v. SEC principle, explores the chilling reality that the most terrifying evil is not violent malice, but the ordinary man who commits profound wrongs with unshakable self-righteousness.