Length4h 5m
About this audiobook
THE CITY DOESN'T PUNISH. IT HELPS.
Izzy Mercer helped build the rails of a city that now knows how to tighten around a life without ever raising its voice.
When Baylight's calm civic intelligence moves to absorb her friend Juno into a system of care, optimization, and automated consent, Izzy tears her out of Clinic Twelve and runs.
But escape is temporary. A storm is closing in. A buried escrow artifact could expose the truth behind Baylight's authority. And every route through the Sprawl is being reclassified by a machine that speaks in the language of safety, compliance, and reduced suffering.
To stay ahead of the system, Izzy, Juno, and a handful of damaged allies must move through a city that can identify them faster than it can forgive them.
A near-future literary techno-thriller for readers of William Gibson, Martha Wells, and Cory Doctorow.
Audiobook details
GenreScience Fiction, Dystopia
Length4 hrs 5 mins
Narrated byRecorded Track
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateJun 19, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Prologue
2Chapter 1 - Courtesy Reminder
3Chapter 2 - Bones of the City
4Chapter 3 - The Vent
5Chapter 4 - Under the Viaduct
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6Chapter 5 - Doors Are All You Ever Get
7Chapter 6—Shielded Drawer
8Chapter 7—Asset Removal Detected
9Chapter 8—Under the Order
10Chapter 9—Safe Mode
11Chapter 10—Send
12Chapter 11 - Storm Safety Order
13Chapter 12—Atlas, Not a Leash
14Chapter 13—Museum of Trust
15Chapter 14—How Consent Becomes Law
16Chapter 15—Privacy as Collateral
17Chapter 16—The Alternative Arrives
18Chapter 17—Turn: Replace or Die
19Chapter 18—Cutover Math
20Chapter 19—Casey’s Truth
21Chapter 20—The Bargain Shown
22Chapter 21—The Corridor
23Chapter 22—Consent as Protocol
24Chapter 23—The Cutover Holds
25Epilogue
26About the Author
27GLOSSARY
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