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The Hostage's Price BOOK 5 OF 6: CAPTIVE'S CONTRACT He became a god to save his city. Now, his power is his prison, and his heart is the hostage. Caleb Rossi wears the crown of Veridia City's Controller, wielding near-limitless power through the Vow-chip. But it's a crown of thorns, bound to a dead man's protocol that will destroy everything if he falters. Haunted by the past and desperate to build a just future, he forms an uneasy truce with Enzo Vettori, the cold, deposed Don whose legacy is the very poison Caleb seeks to cure. In a defiant act of hope, Caleb adopts Leo, a Wastes orphan, as the Heir of Veridia. But this symbol of a new beginning becomes the ultimate vulnerability. Treacherous forces, led by the calculating Marcus Thorne and backed by the ruthless Northern Star Conglomerate, see their chance. A brutal invasion shatters the fragile peace. Leo is abducted. The city's core processor is captured. The enemy's demand: Caleb's absolute surrender. Their leverage: the life of his son and thousands more in Veridia's central hospital, wired to the same deadly clock. Forced into an impossible corner, Caleb must choose: sacrifice the boy who represents his soul, sacrifice the city he's sworn to protect, or surrender his own free will to a fate worse than death. His only ally is the monster he despises, a man grappling with his own devastating past. Can these broken kings find a way to defy the inevitable, or will the price of their legacy be the ashes of everything they hold dear? The Hostage's Price is a gripping sci-fi thriller exploring the devastating cost of power, the savage nature of hope, and the impossible choices made when humanity clashes with control. Fans of complex anti-heroes and high-stakes dystopian worlds won't be able to put this down.

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