He saw his dead brother alive. The truth was buried for 20 years—and it’s coming for him.
Graham Mercer built his life on a closed case.
Twenty years ago, his brother Ethan died in a “tragic accident.” The records were clean. The grief was survivable. The past stayed where it belonged—until Graham sees a face in a crowd that turns his blood cold.
At first, he tells himself it’s nothing. Grief. Coincidence. A stranger with familiar eyes. But then a photograph reveals a date that shouldn’t exist, and the paper trail begins to crack: an official report quietly amended, a timeline that refuses to line up, and a name buried in public records that doesn’t belong to any dead man.
As Graham digs deeper, he realizes the truth isn’t just impossible—it’s engineered. Someone made sure Ethan was declared dead. Someone protected the story. And the more Graham uncovers, the more he understands the worst part: the lie didn’t just erase Ethan. It benefited people.
Including him.
Now a relentless journalist closes in, old witnesses remember differently, and Graham’s carefully controlled life starts to splinter. Because if Ethan is alive, he’s not only nearby—he’s been watching. And this time, the truth won’t stop at the past.
It’s going to take what’s left.
WHAT REMAINS is a tense, morally charged thriller about buried histories, institutional cover-ups, and the terrible cost of surviving a lie.
