Dayat Suryana
THE CITY HAS SECRETS. THE DEAD HAVE CLUES. AND SOMEONE IS WATCHING.When a series of brutal murders begins haunting the city, young detective Mara Vey is assigned to investigate what appears to be a string of unrelated crimes.But the victims share one disturbing detail: a mysterious symbol carved into their hands.As Mara digs deeper, she uncovers missing police records, vanished witnesses, secret surveillance files, and a decades-old conspiracy known only as Project Nocturne.Someone inside the city’s highest institutions has been protecting the truth.And someone is willing to kill to keep it buried.With every new clue, Mara realizes the murders are connected to her own forgotten past. Her mentor may have been part of the conspiracy. Her supposedly dead partner may still be alive. And the people she trusted most may have been watching her all along.Then Mara discovers something terrifying.She wasn’t chosen to solve the mystery.She was part of it.As the body count rises and the Shadow draws closer, Mara must uncover the identity of the killer before the final secret is revealed, and before she becomes the next victim.