The Dark Seam

In the fictional state of Kharbhuri, after a catastrophic coal-mine flood buries fifteen migrant workers, a low-level auditor named Lian Dkhar uncovers a secret ledger linking disaster relief funds to a staggering national treasury deficit. Pursued by a shadowy intelligence apparatus that sees everything yet feels nothing, Lian must carry the truth across a border that exists only on maps, where surveillance is absolute but human blindness is absolute. A novel of corruption, memory, and the ungovernable hollow inside every system.