Fingerprints of the Silent

In the Republic of Meridia, historian Elias Crane uncovers a sealed 1987 execution file that reveals the state murdered an intellectually disabled man, Joseph Larkin, based on pseudoscientific criteria. As Crane follows the trail of silenced jurors, compliant doctors, and a morally absent public, he realizes that every passive bystander helped pull the trigger. When the archive threatens to expose the founding myth of the post-authoritarian regime, Crane is erased. Told through fragmented testimonies, notebooks, and ghostly echoes, this literary political thriller explores how collective silence becomes the deadliest weapon.