the Heart of City

New York City, 1890.A city growing faster than its conscience, lit by gas, electricity, and ambition.Maggie survives by refusing belief. Elias Crow, a fallen street preacher, speaks truth without certainty. Thomas Hale, a policeman sworn to order, begins to question the cost of obedience. As their lives intersect, the city itself seems to respond-streets shifting, lights flickering, fog gathering with intention.What begins as tension becomes something stranger and more dangerous, as New York reveals itself not just as a setting, but a living force that tests courage, conscience, and survival.The Heart of the City is a dark, atmospheric novel blending historical realism with subtle magical elements, exploring faith without comfort, power without mercy, and the price of standing honestly in a world built to consume conviction.

Pagina's: 42, Paperback, American Poets Inc.