Ordinis
by Adam K. Freeland
Mark Twelve-a gleaming metropolis ruled by technocratic elites and ritual order. Log your dailies on the IPF. The cleanest logs lie best. Ahra Fluoresce grows up believing the system rewards good ideas and qualities, like honesty. But she is competing among the elite at the Pavilion of Tomorrow, where not only her knowledge but also her conscience will be tested. Ansin Boemn lost his conscience long ago. And when his energy grid restoration campaign backfires in the most unexpected ways, the war he once waged against the sister Mark turns inward, to the people of Mark Twelve.
Order is supposed to save them. It won't.
Between Houston courtrooms and East Texas ranches, Adam crafted Order Is Violence—a dystopian saga exploring faith, power, and survival.
Adam Freeland is a cattleman and author based in Texas. He is a licensed patent attorney and practices law in both Texas and Louisiana, with a focus on litigation and intellectual property. Drawing on his legal background and lifelong interest in governance, technology, and society, he writes speculative fiction that blends world-building with philosophical depth. Order is Violence is his debut novel and the first in a planned series exploring power, morality, and survival in an advanced but fractured civilization.