Aurora Vale fought her way back from Dominion burnout—and earned her place in the Dominion Authority Agency.Now she has something to prove.Her first official field assignment isn't a training simulation.It's a body.A Dominion-enhanced civilian has been found drained of power in Lower City—no visible wounds, no forced entry, and no explanation for how his abilities were ripped from him without triggering Agency containment alarms.And Aurora's been paired with Agent Eren Thorne.Legendary. Unforgiving. Burn-scarred.The same man who once dismissed her as too soft for the field.Now he has to decide if she belongs at his side.To catch the killer, Aurora must step fully into the frontline role she's always claimed she was ready for... even if it means proving Thorne wrong. Even if it means confronting the ghosts that nearly destroyed her once before.Because this time, survival isn't enough.This...

How do you catch a serial killer when the bodies are never found?For years, Detective Cecilia Wreede has hunted The Badger: a killer who drags victims from their homes and vanishes without a trace.Annika Granlund, a struggling publisher, has troubles of her own: a failing business, a marriage on the rocks, and the haunting memory of a childhood monster she once called The Scraper. Then an anonymous manuscript lands on her desk, describing The Badger's killings in chilling detail.To save her company, Annika must publish it. To catch a killer, Cecilia must uncover the connection. But as the lines between fiction and reality blur, and Annika's grip on her own sanity begins to unravel, both women are drawn into a nightmare neither of them may escape.Perfect for fans of Chris Carter and C.J. Tudor, The Badger is a dark and menacing psychological thriller that will have you reading late into the night.Translated from the Swedish by Andy Turner