Red City (The New Alchemists Book 1)

Red City is an adult fantasy novel set in an alternate Los Angeles. Alchemy is a hidden art of transformation controlled by crime syndicates, who market a drug called sand to the world's elites. The drug enhances users into more perfect versions of themselves—more beautiful, more charismatic, simply more. In Angel City, two rival syndicates, Grand Central and Lumines, have maintained a precarious balance between negotiation and violence. When two childhood friends become entangled in this conflict, their lives and the city itself are transformed. Sam, the daughter of a poor single mother, seeks to join Grand Central for a better life. Ari, taken from his family as a boy, has become one of Lumines' brightest rising stars. Once close, they now face each other across opposing sides of an escalating conflict. As ambition becomes power and loyalty becomes lies, their survival through the coming war becomes uncertain. This title is sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.