The Black City
Paperback
Series: Shadows of Coal, Book 6
Mystery & ThrillerScience Fiction
Publisher: G.H Arthur
Published: Nov 24 2025
Pages: 168
Weight: 0.44
Height: 0.39 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
What happens after the fire?
When the Gray Brotherhood's headquarters turned to ash, Detective Thomas Kane believed the war was over. He was hailed as a hero, the man who exposed the conspiracy and saved the city. But the fire was merely a clearing of the ground for something far more terrifying.
As the Brotherhood's shadow fades, a new machinery of control rises in the plain light of day, wearing the face of governance, security, and progress. Thomas soon discovers that the true enemy was never a hidden cabal, but the very structure of the world he inhabits.
Now a fugitive in the city he tried to save, Thomas must navigate a landscape where justice has become a narrative weapon and resistance is painted as treason. Hunted by the authorities and haunted by his father's dark legacy, he must face the seductive logic of a new order that offers safety in exchange for freedom.
In this final, explosive chapter, the battle is no longer against a secret society, but against the Black City itself.
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