by codeprius
A murder case from the 60s gets reopened for investigation 77 years later. The new staff sergeant of the Midlands in the Stöhmer Republic, a patriot, James Ravens, stumbles onto the case files after a tragedy breaks out at the Regional Building. But something seemed off. The secrecy behind the case, the hidden files, and no acknowledgement from his superiors, James starts looking for answers and sets out to find out who killed one of his predecessors, but the more he rattles the cages, the more he gets dragged down into the world of politics, corruption, and the insatiable hunger for power that transcends decades. Power that built legacies. Legacies that withstood the test of time since the Six Republics were formed, in danger of crumbling down. As James gets closer to finding out the truth, ugly secrets and buried bodies threaten to derail the very republic he swore to protect and lay down his life for. Will James be able to find out who the killer was while dealing with his own mysterious past? Or will he become the next victim? Status: Ongoing
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