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The Abyssal Zone: A Claire Gustavsson Thriller
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Series: The Claire Gustavsson Thrillers, Book 1
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ISBN13: 9798194342464
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Aug 23 2026
Pages: 442
Weight: 1.17
Height: 1.10 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Aug 23 2026
Pages: 442
Weight: 1.17
Height: 1.10 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
The truth is buried in the paperwork.
When forensic investigator Claire Gustavsson is sent aboard a deep-sea cable vessel to assess a court-ordered repair operation, she expects a difficult assignment: a bankrupt state, a disputed maritime contract and a cable damaged thousands of metres below the Pacific.
When forensic investigator Claire Gustavsson is sent aboard a deep-sea cable vessel to assess a court-ordered repair operation, she expects a difficult assignment: a bankrupt state, a disputed maritime contract and a cable damaged thousands of metres below the Pacific.
Then she notices something that shouldn't be there.
The repair operation is legitimate. The equipment is legitimate. The paperwork is impeccable.
But the numbers don't add up.
Claire's investigation uncovers a covert device hidden inside the cable itself - a system capable of intercepting communications without leaving the obvious signature of a conventional tap. Someone has found a way to turn a routine repair into an intelligence operation.
And Claire's discovery puts her between powerful interests that have spent years making sure nobody asks the wrong questions.
As the investigation spreads from the cable ship to Singapore, Jakarta and the courts, Claire discovers that the physical evidence is only the beginning. Contracts, ownership structures, insurance arrangements and technical records reveal a much larger system - one in which apparently legitimate transactions can conceal extraordinary operations.
But the deeper Claire digs, the less certain the obvious explanation becomes.
Because the question isn't simply who did it?
It's who benefits?
Claire Gustavsson isn't a spy or a detective. She is something more troublesome: a forensic investigator who knows how to follow evidence through the machinery of international business until the people who thought they were protected by it have nowhere left to hide.
The Abyssal Zone is a sophisticated international thriller of covert surveillance, maritime intrigue, corporate power and geopolitical conspiracy - the first novel in the Claire Gustavsson series.
The repair operation is legitimate. The equipment is legitimate. The paperwork is impeccable.
But the numbers don't add up.
Claire's investigation uncovers a covert device hidden inside the cable itself - a system capable of intercepting communications without leaving the obvious signature of a conventional tap. Someone has found a way to turn a routine repair into an intelligence operation.
And Claire's discovery puts her between powerful interests that have spent years making sure nobody asks the wrong questions.
As the investigation spreads from the cable ship to Singapore, Jakarta and the courts, Claire discovers that the physical evidence is only the beginning. Contracts, ownership structures, insurance arrangements and technical records reveal a much larger system - one in which apparently legitimate transactions can conceal extraordinary operations.
But the deeper Claire digs, the less certain the obvious explanation becomes.
Because the question isn't simply who did it?
It's who benefits?
Claire Gustavsson isn't a spy or a detective. She is something more troublesome: a forensic investigator who knows how to follow evidence through the machinery of international business until the people who thought they were protected by it have nowhere left to hide.
The Abyssal Zone is a sophisticated international thriller of covert surveillance, maritime intrigue, corporate power and geopolitical conspiracy - the first novel in the Claire Gustavsson series.
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