Simon J Cleary
THE SHATTERED CITY
NEO-TETHYS DOES NOT BREAK ITS CITIZENS. IT ABSORBS THEM.
Ever since Elena Ambrose disappeared eight years ago, her eldest daughter, Sophia, has kept her family alive through unilateral authority. In a vertical spire city ruled by engineered scarcity, hesitation is fatal. Her middle sister, Kiera, deals in calculated probabilities and cold control; her youngest sister, twelve-year-old Zoey, listens to the secrets whispered through ventilation shafts and water mains.
When a catastrophic transit collapse triggers hidden genetic markers in their blood, their survival dynamic turns lethal: