Viable

by Stephen J. Galgon

Special Agent Michael Chan has worked cases like this before — at least he thinks he has. However, when the daughters of three prominent government officials vanish without a trace, the only message their families receive reads not like a ransom note, but a declaration. What begins as a politically motivated crime quickly reveals itself to be something far more calculated, far more sinister, and far more personal than anyone anticipated.

The investigation moves fast. The clock moves faster. Spanning multiple states and touching the highest levels of government, Chan and his team are in a race against time they cannot afford to lose.

For the families left waiting, uncertainty is all they have. And now these once uncompromising lawmakers are about to discover that the laws they built were never intended to apply to anyone they cared about. They were for the rest of us. The ones whose lives, whose choices, whose futures were never quite ​V​IABLE enough to matter.

368 pages, Paperback

Published August 19, 2026

Reviews

[Stephen Galgon]

This is my first book/concept that was a full departure from my Circle series. I was nervous about branching out, even considered bailing on the project a few times.

I'm glad I kept moving forward, and I couldn't be happier with how this book turned out.

I hope you all enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it.