The Silent Induction: Revenge is a slow-acting poison
Paperback
Mystery & ThrillerGeneral Fiction
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jan 12 2026
Pages: 164
Weight: 0.50
Height: 0.35 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A minister enters the operating room.
Only one man knows he shouldn't leave it alive.
Dr. Sebastian St. Clair is one of the country's most respected surgeons-brilliant, disciplined, untouchable.
But beneath the calm precision lies a father who never recovered from the day his daughter died... waiting for care in a hospital hallway.
When powerful Minister Archer-Lowe arrives under heavy security for what should be a routine procedure, Sebastian sees something he has never seen in medicine: a chance to correct the system that failed his child.
Minutes later, the minister is dead.
In the chaos that follows, a terrified junior registrar is blamed, evidence begins to surface, and Compliance investigator Helena Thorne steps in-cold, relentless, and immune to political pressure.
As toxicology reveals a pharmacological ghost that should not exist, and the government demands a scapegoat to calm the public, Helena must untangle a conspiracy of power, corruption, and silence... before the hospital itself becomes a crime scene.
Because in this world, the line between negligence and murder is thin.
And revenge is a slow-acting poison.
THE SILENT INDUCTION is a gripping standalone medical and political thriller-perfect for readers who love morally complex protagonists, high-stakes cover-ups, and twists that hit like a pulse drop in the dark.
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