The Mercy of Wolves

In the Avalon Federation, a landmark environmental lawsuit—National Association of Manufacturers v. Department of Defense—conceals a far darker crime. When a small-town lawyer uncovers evidence that a defense contractor’s toxic discharge poisoned an entire watershed, the truth should be devastating. Instead, the media giant Nexus Omnimedia, which controls 80% of the national news flow, launches a chilling counter-narrative: the real villain is the grieving mother who dared to speak out, while the corporation’s CEO is rebranded as a visionary patriot. Told through interlocking timelines—a 1980s whistleblower’s disappearance, a 2018 Supreme Court procedural battle, and a present-day inquest—the story carves away layer after layer of manufactured innocence, leaving the reader to confront a world where facts are algorithmically rewritten and the very concept of human goodness is the first casualty.