Survival Takes Everything
AVERUS
Debut Novel by Chris Staefe
What Was Bound Then, Unbinds Now.
The Pattern Repeats.
Only the Ruin Remains.
Mara Keller uncovers secrets for a living. As an intelligence analyst, she specializes in exposing corruption and untangling global deceit. But when a complex fraud case tied to elusive hedge fund mogul Arvid Brander lands on her desk, the investigation begins to defy logic and reason.
The deeper she digs, the stranger it becomes.
Brander isn’t just hiding something. He’s running from something.
What begins as a forensic investigation fractures into something far more disturbing. Missing people, shattered minds, and ancient symbols converge in ways she can’t explain. As Mara closes in on the truth, she realizes the corruption isn’t just systemic. It endures.
Some truths can’t be unseen.
Some forces can’t be ignored.