Node Nine

When Detective Mara Vey is called to a gruesome crime scene in the heart of Corvane City, she discovers a murder unlike anything she has ever seen. A powerful city official hangs suspended within an elaborate web of engineered silk, the latest victim in a growing series of deaths tied to the city's most influential figures.As Mara follows the trail, she uncovers a hidden network of corruption stretching through government offices, corporate boardrooms, law firms, and generations of old money. What begins as a hunt for a serial killer quickly becomes a descent into a secret organization known only through whispers, coded records, and a mysterious council.With every clue, the investigation grows more dangerous. Allies become suspects. Family secrets emerge. And Mara soon realizes that the web she's trying to unravel may have been woven around her long before she ever entered the case.