About the series
Maya Voss is a San Francisco defence lawyer in a near future where video evidence can be faked. Each book is a courtroom case in which she has to decide what she can believe.
At a glance
- Genre
- Legal thriller, techno-thriller
- Mood
- Tense
- Setting and era
- Present day, United States
- Pace
- Fast
- Point of view
- Third person
- Reading order
- Read in any order
- Heat
- Not applicable
The books
3 books
Book 1
A disgraced San Francisco lawyer is handed flawless video that clears her old client and could save her career. Then she finds whose firm made it. Win with a forgery or bring down her own father, in a courtroom thriller about fakes that pass for proof.
Book 2
The State’s key witness died months ago, yet his recorded testimony will answer questions live in court. Back at the bar, Maya Voss takes the case nobody wants, and someone has been talking to the dead man every night.
Book 3
A signed confession that sounds exactly like her client, every page sealed and admissible under the reform Maya Voss wrote herself. Every word is real. To win, she has to prove it is still not true.
Where are you in the series?
Start anywhere. Each book has a page of its own for when you have finished it; we save nothing.
Book 1
The Deepfake Defense
A disgraced San Francisco lawyer is handed flawless video that clears her old client and could save her career. Then she finds whose firm made it. Win with a forgery or bring down her own father, in a courtroom thriller about fakes that pass for proof.
Book 2
The Ghost Witness
The State’s key witness died months ago, yet his recorded testimony will answer questions live in court. Back at the bar, Maya Voss takes the case nobody wants, and someone has been talking to the dead man every night.
Book 3
The Chain of Custody
A signed confession that sounds exactly like her client, every page sealed and admissible under the reform Maya Voss wrote herself. Every word is real. To win, she has to prove it is still not true.
Your companion
Names and roles that are safe before you start.
Get the series
Book 1The Deepfake Defense
E-book
Paperback
Book 2The Ghost Witness
E-book
Paperback
Book 3The Chain of Custody
E-book
Paperback
Questions
Do I have to read the books in order?
No. Every book stands on its own, so you can start with any of them.
How many books are there?
The series has 3 books. It is complete.
About Sebastian Sterling
Sebastian Sterling writes thrillers that begin where the paperwork does. A soil sample that reads wrong. A payment that clears too smoothly. A coffin that weighs the wrong amount. A file with a name in it that should have been dead for thirty years.
