JADE DRAGON

A burned body falls from the sky. A grieving cop watches the past come alive. And a deadly biotech device is about to ignite a citywide purge.When a charred teenager crashes onto his patrol skimmer in the middle of a storm, Detective Sergeant Carl Johansson recognizes the signature instantly. The Jade Dragon — the same experimental drug that stole his son — is back on the streets. And someone is using it to send a message.The trail leads to Tyrell Hudson, a brilliant technoscientist once exiled to a penal asteroid and now reborn as a corporate titan. His miracle formula promised euphoria. His upgraded applicator delivers death. And every victim carries the same carved jade pendant… and the same remote kill‑switch buried in their spine.As Marysville descends into chaos — rogue constructs, exosuit attacks, broadcasted threats, and a purge coded into the city’s networks — Carl is forced to confront the ghosts he’s spent years trying to bury. To stop the next wave of engineered slaughter, he must face the man who turned salvation into a weapon… and the grief that has been consuming him since the night he lost Tommy.A noir‑soaked, near‑future thriller of biotech, conspiracy, and a father’s relentless hunt for justice. Read more