Tragedy & The Triumph

March 2020: Oxford has been plunged into the dystopian lockdowns "e;justified"e; by the Covid-19 "e;pandemic."e; Verity Hunter and her friends aren't falling for it; they've been through too much already.Cabin fever has brought to the surface wounds which have been festering in the family. Verity and Keith's daughter, Hope, has emerged from her battles a fierce truth warrior, and major social media influencer.Verity is on the case when two young children go missing under cover of the lockdowns. Gradually, the terrible truth emerges about a shady, "e;off the books"e; laboratory on the edge of town.As most in society cower in fear, the group which had prevented a cataclysmic disaster 19 years earlier wonder what it will take for the masses to ever face up to these outrages.Max Zeall has a plan - not entirely "e;legal"e; - but one which might finally restore the justice so desperately needed … and hammer the final nails in the coffin for The Order.But …will everyone last long enough to see it through?Mark Devlin's third novel - his most soul-searching story yet - brings his "e;truth fiction"e; trilogy to an exhilarating and explosive conclusion.