Shadows Beneath the Surface

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(80 0 80 1)>They told him to press the button. They didn't say what it would cost.</strong></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(80 0 80 1)>Frank Bargen isn't a hero-just a quiet bureaucrat good at keeping his head down. But when he's sent to The Basement as part of a covert government operation he finds himself at the heart of a brutal system built on silence and fear. His job is simple: monitor the screens and if things get out of hand press the button.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(80 0 80 1)>But when out of hand becomes a front-row seat to sanctioned cruelty Frank faces a choice that could destroy what little remains of his family-and his conscience.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(80 0 80 1)>As lies mount and the machine grinds on Frank must decide: stay safe and complicit or risk everything to expose the truth.</span></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(80 0 80 1)>A gripping political thriller with moral weight and haunting relevance this is a story about what it takes to wake up-and what you risk when you do.</strong></p>