Paper does not take offense. It allows itself to be arranged. But some secrets refuse to stay filed away. Marcus Vuković is a historian who prefers the stable smell of archives to the messy unpredictability of people. At thirty-one, his life has clear edges—until an ordinary envelope with no return address appears on his desk. Inside is a redacted military report from 1992 concerning a soldier named Vuković, M.—Marcus’s father, who disappeared during the war and was presumed deceased. As Marcus digs into the "administrative reorganization" of the postwar years, he discovers Case V-92 —a file not cataloged by name, but by conduct. Alongside Anja Kovač, a cold and brilliant archivist, Marcus uncovers the "Contagion Protocol" : a chillingly efficient system that views ethics as a pathogen and doubt as a variable to be managed. From the corridors of a modern university to the ancient shadows of Rome, Marcus realizes the system doesn’t need to kill its enemies; it simply reassigns, isolates, and erases them. Caught in a high-stakes game of "narrative containment" led by the impeccable Miro Šantić, Marcus must decide if he will become a tool of the machine or a crack in its foundation. In a world where obedience is clean and truth is an infection, how do you choose when the machine is already watching you breathe?
-720.webp)
-720.webp)
