The Scoundrel's Patriotism Must End

When three influential businessmen of Chinese origin are murdered across Indonesia under mysterious circumstances, veteran investigator Langit senses a pattern others are too afraid to acknowledge. What begins as a criminal inquiry gradually unfolds into something far more sinister - a covert campaign fuelled by power, nationalism, greed and political paranoia at the highest levels of the state.

Travelling through Jakarta, Bali, Aceh, Borneo and beyond, Langit enters a dangerous world of intelligence networks, corrupt officials, shadow operatives and silent benefactors, where loyalty is bought, truth is manipulated and justice rarely survives the interests of the powerful. As the conspiracy widens, the line between patriot and criminal begins to disappear.

But Langit is not a man who believes in the law alone.

Haunted by his nation’s moral decay and convinced that the system itself has become complicit, he takes a path from which there can be no return; a path that leads to Hendrik, Indonesia’s most feared contract killer, and to Dira, a woman from his past whose beauty conceals deadly precision.

Set against the turbulent political and cultural landscape of Indonesia, The Scoundrel’s Patriotism Must End is a dark, atmospheric political thriller about corruption, ethnic tension, vengeance and the terrifying consequences of patriotism without conscience.