The Drowning Flame

After his brother dies in a corrupt offshore examination scandal, ex-navy diver Kael Cormac infiltrates a deep-sea trawler called the *Sovereign Dawn*, which operates as a floating prison in international waters. He seeks evidence against the syndicate that stole his brother's future, only to find a shipboard society of enslaved laborers enduring atrocities beyond law or rescue. As the thin line between justice and vengeance dissolves beneath the crushing weight of the ocean, Kael must decide whether to save the living or annihilate the guilty. If the fire of revenge burns too long, there is nothing left to rebuild—only ashes drifting on the abyssal current.