THE FALL LINE
Derik Halvorsen was born brilliant—and broken.
Raised in silence by a violent ex-military father in rural Montana, Derik never cried, never connected, never forgot. By sixteen, he could dismantle any system, crack any server, and understand evil better than any therapist who ever tried to study him.
And then one night… he made his first move.
When his father dies under mysterious—but eerily clean—circumstances, the police rule it an accident. Derik disappears. No leads. No trace.
Just one new ghost in the system.
But Derik didn’t run. He evolved.
Armed with a list of names—abusers, traffickers, corrupt prosecutors—he begins executing brutal, calculated murders that look like suicides, accidents, or divine punishment. Every kill is a message. Every detail, a signature.
He doesn’t murder for revenge.
He murders for balance.
As federal agents begin to catch on, whispers spread in the underworld—someone is out there correcting the justice system’s mistakes. A living algorithm. A myth. A nightmare.
But Derik isn’t hiding anymore.
He’s building something.
And the deeper he goes, the more powerful enemies take notice—some who don’t want to stop him… and others who want to use him.
Because sometimes, the only thing worse than a broken system is the man who learns how to perfectly destroy it.
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Themes
• Morality vs justice
• Systemic failure
• Psychological trauma
• The mind of a killer
• Cold logic vs emotional chaos
