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Machines remember. Cities watch. Love becomes the unexpected patch in a broken system.
New Fay City—San Francisco renamed in the late 2020s—hums with neon and uneasy magic in 2053, decades after the Aetherfall comet first tore the sky. Kira Sterling keeps her grief folded tight until echoes of her brother’s voice begin surfacing in the Glitchbox’s circuitry, a car whose AI carries something like a ghost.
A spark with C.J., an orc mechanic from the slums, turns a routine morning into a brutal pursuit: the Syndicate’s deadliest blade has her marked for silence over secrets she never asked for. The city closes in; she chooses to stand and strike back.
With the help of friends—old allies and newly found ones—and an irrepressible goblin bulldog called Tank, they strike back against Syndicate shadows and the dark boardroom sins buried beneath New Fay’s neon.
C.J.’s rune‑lit cyberarm and steady hands are more than protection; they are the slow, stubborn proof that tenderness can be a weapon. Their trust is practical, fierce, and hard‑won, and survival becomes something like love—messy, brave, and impossible to erase.
Found‑family bonds and emotional storytelling anchor the heart, while orc worldbuilding and outsider empathy give fantasy muscle to a cyberpunk romance.
Readers who love the near‑future, city‑as‑character tension of Blackfish City, the tech‑noir corporate conspiracies of The Peripheral, and the vibrant, community‑driven urban magic of The City We Became will feel instantly at home in New Fay City. Fans of the high‑concept, memory‑bending cyberpunk of The Quantum Thief will be drawn to the Glitchbox’s clever tech and identity‑driven mysteries, while readers who cherish the found‑family warmth and cross‑species emotional depth of The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet will connect with the story’s heart: a relationship‑first adventure set against a neon skyline where love, loyalty, and glitch‑ridden magic collide.
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