Title: Dark Scales of Justice

By Award-Winning Author Michaela Riley

The uniform earned her respect. The courtroom demands silence. But the truth will roar.

Jennifer Campbell’s life was forged in service. A steadfast Army Reservist since 9/11, she embraced the grit of Fort Bragg, the weight of her oath, and the unshakable belief that justice—like the Constitution she swore to defend—was the bedrock of America. But when a chilling accusation shatters her world, Jennifer finds herself trapped in a nightmare where the system she trusted becomes her most merciless adversary.

Charged with a brutal crime linked to her secluded, newly purchased home—a house with a blood-soaked history she never uncovered—Jennifer watches as the prosecution weaponizes her service against her. Expertly staged evidence, poisoned testimonies, and a narrative steeped in patriotism paint her as a fractured heroine, unfit for the uniform she bled for. The courtroom, once a temple of fairness, now echoes with whispers of corruption, its scales tipped by forces determined to see her convicted.

Yet behind the gavel’s thunder lies a darker secret. The truth hinges not on if Jennifer is innocent, but who engineered her downfall. Her defense team—weathered legal warriors with their own scars—must chip away at decades of buried atrocities, unearthing the horrors hidden in the foundation of her house. Every clue pulls them deeper into a conspiracy that implicates the powerful, the revered, and those who should have protected her.

As Jennifer battles to clear her name, she becomes a reluctant sleuth in a game where answers are lethal. The American flag, once a symbol of hope, now taunts her from the courtroom wall—a reminder of the justice she can no longer trust. And in the shadows, allies emerge: friends, her lawyer and even her steadfast service dog, whose loyalty mirrors her own unyielding spirit.

But the past is a fickle master. The deeper Jennifer digs, the clearer it becomes: this trial is not about her. It’s a shield, a distraction from crimes so heinous they were erased from history—until now.

In a world where truth is a weapon and justice a weaponization, one soldier’s fight for freedom becomes a reckoning for a nation.

Will Jennifer Campbell break the chains of silence—or become the system’s next martyr?

Dark Scales of Justice is a searing legal thriller that pits patriotism against power, truth against tradition, and one woman’s soul against the shadows of a country she still believes can change.

Available now. The truth waits for no one.