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The August Foundation
Paperback
Publisher: Ethan Ross
Published: Dec 16 2025
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.54
Height: 0.48 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
In the valley of Millbrook, the truth is the only thing that doesn't flow.
For thirty-two years, Leo Miller was the golden boy of a perfect suburban dynasty. He was the son of a star athlete and a beloved community matriarch, living in a house where the lawns were manicured and the secrets were kept behind double-bolted doors.
But perfection has a price.
While clearing out his parents' attic during a final move in 2025, Leo finds a relic from a forgotten summer: a 1996 Sony Walkman. Taped to the side is a single, dark thumbprint of dried blood. When he presses play, he doesn't hear music. He hears a confession.
The recording reveals a truth that rewrites his entire life. The August Foundation isn't a family trust-it's a decades-long conspiracy of silence, environmental poisoning, and Narrative Management orchestrated by the one person he thought he could trust: his mother.
Now, Leo is no longer a son; he is a liability.
From the rain-slicked ridges of the 1990s to the high-tech digital archives of 2025, Leo must outrun a Liquidation order placed on his own head. To survive, he must dismantle the Lodge-a shadow government that owns the police, the courts, and the very water the valley drinks.
The archaeology of his family is a dangerous business. Because once you start digging into the August Foundation, you realize the only way out is to burn the house down.
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