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Forty years from now, Britain is safer than it has ever been - watched, measured and controlled by a system built to eliminate disorder. Cameras never blink. Autonomous machines patrol the streets. And for most people, obedience has become the price of peace.But when Detective Jack Burns is drawn into a case that refuses to fit the rules, he begins to uncover cracks in the perfect order surrounding him. Beneath the countries polished promises lies a machinery of fear, corruption and quiet disappearances. The deeper Jack digs, the more he risks becoming the next person erased.As the truth closes in and the system turns its gaze upon him, Jack must decide who he can trust in a Kingdom that had traded freedom for security. In a future where every choice is watched, one man's search for the truth could bring the whole kingdom crashing down.