In a multiverse where a few ageless individuals serve as clandestine auditors for various worlds, Hagar, an auditor overseeing Earth, discovers the true, dire state of the planet’s environment and realizes she has been duped by doctored reports. Before she can act, she is trapped to prevent her from reporting the situation. Decades later, a sleeper agent succeeds in locating and releasing Hagar. Their desperate attempt to convene a hearing takes them on a tumultuous journey—from being thrown into a slave ship in the past to being thwarted by Earth’s emergent mysterious entity intent on blocking any possible hearing.

       Alongside hopeful visions of sustainable alternatives, this novel provides a scathing examination of the pitfalls of our contemporary economic engine, the damages of unchecked agricultural practices, and the manipulative grip of power—be it through religious dogmas, political corruption, or social panics during global crises. The fate of Earth's inhabitants hangs in the balance as the consequences of humanity's actions are deliberated.

     The Hearing is a novel of ideas in the vein of Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged, Robert M. Pirsig’s Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, and Daniel Quinn’s Ishmael.