The Shattered Assembly

von Paul Karl Arthur Kell

208 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

The man who built Central Kentucky's government has seven days to prove he did not build its secret prisons.A leaked archive known as the Grey Ledger links Daniel Mercer to disappearances, indefinite detention, and evidence manipulation carried out under the Emergency Crown. He calls it a restorationist fabrication. His daughter Emma, now leading the Assembly inquiry, refuses to accept either accusation or denial without a public chain of evidence.Some pages carry impossible dates. Others match records held by witnesses who have spent years trying to be heard. The mixture of possible forgery and possible truth is more dangerous than a simple lie. Every authenticated page threatens Daniel. Every exposed fabrication threatens Emma's inquiry.As counties withhold grain and discuss secession, hearings become another front in a struggle over who will inherit the Compact. Stonegate itself turns into a symbol claimed by Daniel's defenders, his victims, and armed factions waiting for lawful authority to fail.Daniel can suppress the archive long enough to keep food moving, or release evidence that may destroy the government before any successor exists. Emma must decide whether accountability can survive the political use of truth.The Shattered Assembly is Book Sixteen of The Ash Commonwealth, a serialized post-apocalyptic political thriller series intended to be read in order.

• Reihe: The Ash Commonwealth
• Themen: Belletristik Science-Fiction Apokalypse/Postapokalypse
• ISBN: 9798237814248
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 17.09.2026
• Größe: 216 x 140 mm
• Verlag: Paul Karl Arthur Kell