Death is the end, and if a guy doesn’t speak before it silences him, then his deepest secrets opt for him.

From #1 NY Situations bestselling author Greg Iles comes an e-original novella featuring former prosecutor Penn Cage, a tale of family secrets and justice denied, plus an excerpt from his new book,Natchez Burning.

When a heart attack transmits Penn’s dad, Tom Cage, to the ER, Tom begs that his son be taken to his side to hear a dying declaration. But when Penn occurs, Tom about The Loss of life Manufacturer: A Penn Cage Novella denies ever producing the request-keeping his secrets for another day.

The emergency hurls Penn back to a chilling case in Houston, where he worked in a DA’s office known as the “death factory,” which sent more killers to death row than every other in the us. While Penn cares for his ailing wife, a tormented forensic technician brings him proof a crime laboratory in chaos, throwing past convictions into question and begging Penn to prevent an imminent travesty of justice. With the desperation of a guy fighting death in his own home, Penn must find a way to create the machinery from the death factory to a halt.

Included here is a protracted sneak preview of Natchez Burning up, the first installment in an epic trilogy offering Penn Cage.