The Artful (Shadows of the City, #1)
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Author | Wilbert Stanton |
Everything has changed in 2025. A rampant virus has reduced the city that never sleeps into a land of death and decay. Anyone who survived has become carriers.
Twist and Dodger grew up in the streets, the sewers and underground tunnels their playground. They’re not heroes, they just like attention. Stealing from the rich and helping those in need has been their golden ticket.
Their latest raid causes an unexpected complication when they unwittingly take something precious that puts them straight in the middle of a war between kingdoms. With both sides wanting their heads, they try to keep a low profile.
But the Empire catches up to them and demands they get back what they stole. To ensure their cooperation, they give Dodger a fatal disease and a ticking clock. Faced with a choice between Dodger definitely dying or both of them probably getting themselves killed... they do the only thing they can:
Invoke Plan B. world.”