The Red Card Deal: A Striker, a Dive, and the Game He Didn’t Want to Win

Leo Varani is a world-class striker with a spotless reputation—until one fall changes everything. During the most important match of his career, he goes down in the box. The penalty wins the cup. The crowd erupts. But something about the dive doesn't sit right… with him, or with the journalist watching from the press box.

Cal Monroe has chased corruption across the pitch before, but nothing prepared him for the shadows surrounding Leo’s fall. As he digs deeper, he uncovers a web of syndicates, blackmail, and behavioral contracts hiding in plain sight beneath the glossy surface of elite football.

What begins as a scandal spirals into something darker—where no player is safe, no truth is clean, and every decision leaves a scar.

As past sins resurface and hidden motives unravel, both men find themselves playing in a game where exposure is fatal, and silence comes with a price. One chose to fall. The other chose to follow.

But when the final whistle blows... who’s really in control?

Was it just a dive—or the opening move in a dangerous game of collapse?

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Release date

E-bog: 8. august 2025