On the morning of his thirtieth birthday, Josef K. is arrested—though no one will tell him why.

As he continues his ordinary life, Josef is drawn into a strange and unsettling legal process, navigating a maze of courts, officials, and opaque procedures. The charge against him is never explained, and every attempt to defend himself only deepens the confusion. What begins as an inconvenience slowly grows into something more consuming, as the system surrounding him proves impossible to understand or escape.

In The Trial, a man confronts a world where authority is absolute, logic is elusive, and guilt may exist without cause.