Chicago, twentieth floor: a father and son lie dead, lungs filled with seawater—though the nearest ocean is hundreds of miles away. Detective Ethan Krol knows it isn’t just a crime scene. It’s a puzzle designed to defy reason.
Across the Atlantic, Abidemi Eniola arrives in Bristol. She claims Nigerian roots, but her accent is wrong, and her grasp of technology borders on impossible. With her new friend Hollie, she sets out to return heirlooms to their rightful owners—treasures with a history darker than they admit.
As Ethan’s investigation collides with Abi’s secrets, the truth exposes not just a crime, but centuries of buried trauma and an alien concept of justice. Esperance is a whip-smart sci-fi mystery where history, technology, and vengeance converge.
