Terminus noir

In the last city on Earth, everyone keeps the same secrets.

The year is 2157. Terminus — a pressurised dome on the Scottish coast — is home to four million souls who believe the world outside is dead. They are wrong. And someone in power will kill to keep it that way.

When a body surfaces in the recycling vats of Sub-Level Seven, Detective Mara Voss is handed what looks like a routine homicide. It isn't. The dead man's biometrics match a city worker who died three years ago — cremated, ashes recycled, case closed. Except he's lying right in front of her.

As Mara and her partner Dario "Patch" Hallan dig deeper through Terminus's rigid tier system — from the clean air of Tier One to the grinding dark of the sub-levels — they uncover a conspiracy that reaches the highest levels of the Governing Council. The cover-up isn't just about one death. It's about suppressing the truth that could set four million people free.

Terminus Noir is a propulsive sci-fi detective novel in the tradition of classic noir: a morally sharp investigator, a city built on lies, and a case where finding the truth might cost everything. Atmospheric, tightly plotted, and quietly devastating.

Perfect for fans of The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, Blade Runner, and Adrian Tchaikovsky.