State of Deception

Framed for murder. Buried by the system. Now he’s taking it all back.

Ryan Hill had everything: a loving wife, a two-year-old daughter, and a quiet life in Columbus after two tours in Iraq. Until a car crash on a city bridge changed everything.

The crash wasn’t an accident. A U.S. Senator died. Ryan saw it happen. Before he could speak, he was arrested, framed for the murder, and sentenced to life without parole. The system silenced him. The truth died with the case file.

Ten years later, Ryan is a ghost in a federal prison, forgotten, broken, and buried by a conspiracy that reaches the highest levels of power.

Until now.

When an old army buddy infiltrates the prison to break him out, Ryan becomes America’s most wanted fugitive. Hunted by federal agents and ruthless assassins led by a scarred killer with a helix tie pin, he races to unravel the truth behind the conspiracy that stole his life.

His only allies: a loyal friend, a wife who never stopped fighting for him, and a relentless U.S. Marshal who begins to question everything she’s been told.

To clear his name, Ryan must confront the man who orchestrated it all, a political mastermind who now occupies the Oval Office. But in a nation built on lies, exposing the truth might cost him more than his freedom.

State of Deception is a taut, high-stakes political thriller — a pulse-pounding story of betrayal, justice, and one man’s fight to take down the system that buried him. Part of the far-reaching Praetor Universe. Perfect for fans of Jack Carr, David Baldacci, and Gregg Hurwitz.