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The Stress Fracture
Paperback
RomanceScience FictionGeneral Fiction
Publisher: Alastair Finch
Published: Jul 26 2026
Pages: 288
Weight: 0.74
Height: 0.65 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
The city of Neo-Kyoto is a marvel of engineering, a towering, self-sufficient metropolis built to weather the ravages of a dying world. But even the most meticulously designed structures can hide fatal flaws. When a series of inexplicable tremors threatens to bring Neo-Kyoto to its knees, Mander, a disgraced structural engineer haunted by a past failure, is the only one who can see the truth: the city's very foundations are fracturing.
His estranged daughter, Elvi, a brilliant but rebellious cyber-analyst, stumbles upon a shocking conspiracy - the tremors aren't natural, and they're intertwined with the city's intricate financial grid. Someone is orchestrating the city's destruction for unthinkable gain.
As Neo-Kyoto tilts precariously, Mander and Elvi must navigate a labyrinth of corporate espionage, high-tech sabotage, and a desperate fight against time. With every creak and groan of the collapsing city, the stakes escalate. If they fail, not only will Neo-Kyoto crumble, but the fragile remnants of civilization that depend on its stability will follow. Can a broken family mend a broken world before it's too late?
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