The Scalpel's Lie

In the Allied States of Veridion, veteran Marcus Thorne battles hearing loss from defective military earplugs made by Prometheus Acoustics. As media giant Nexus Media Group glorifies the company's founder Julian Croft as a national savior, Thorne is vilified. Forensic pathologist Isla Marchetti uncovers a harrowing truth hidden within each earplug—a deliberate design flaw—challenging every illusion of innate human goodness.