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City of Symbols
Paperback
Series: Shadows of Coal, Book 4
Mystery & ThrillerScience Fiction
Publisher: G.H Arthur
Published: Nov 21 2025
Pages: 146
Weight: 0.39
Height: 0.34 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
The city speaks. Do you listen?
Thomas Kane has learned to read the cryptic language of his city-a secret code carved into lampposts and etched into cobblestones. But now, the architects of this hidden system, The Brotherhood, have stopped hiding. They've issued a simple ultimatum: stop investigating, or die.
In the perpetual twilight of the industrial Coal District, the game has changed. It is no longer about solving a murder; it is about surviving a meticulously crafted trap. As Thomas delves deeper into the machinations of The Architect, he discovers that his allies are compromised, the city council is a theater of puppets, and his own father's dark legacy is the very blueprint for the city's oppression.
Alongside the tenacious journalist Margaret Foster and the disgraced detective Cole, Thomas must infiltrate the Brotherhood's most secure archives to expose the devastating truth. But when the enemy has the power to rewrite memory and reshape identity, the only way to defeat the system may be to become a ghost within it.
In a world where every choice is orchestrated, Thomas must decide: is resistance just another form of compliance?
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