The Scapegoat's Abyss

In the vein of Paula Hawkins, a haunting psychological thriller where a hit-and-run cover-up ignites a firestorm of revenge. When Julian Ashcroft, heir to a manufacturing empire in the fictional nation of Aldoria, flees after killing a pedestrian, his ruthless father Roderick forces a broken factory worker, Caleb Reese, to take the blame. The family overlooks a fatal detail—the victim was Caleb’s estranged sister. From his cell, Caleb weaves a tapestry of destruction using corporate secrets and media manipulation, pulling the Ashcrofts into a vortex of guilt and ruin. But as revenge consumes both hunter and prey, Caleb discovers that the abyss he has been staring into has long since made its home within his own soul.