Denv is a city of levels, and Reuben has clawed his way up from the depths to become an Atomist, one of the few who keeps the ancient machines breathing. But in a world where everyone is expendable and loyalty is currency, Reuben discovers a truth that shatters his carefully constructed existence: there is a double coming for him. A perfect replica, sent to take his place, his job, his life. As rival factions circle and the threat of Ellay looms like a blade over the city, Reuben must untangle a web of deception that reaches into the highest levels of power. General May manipulates from the shadows. Selene beckons with dangerous promises. And the man wearing Reuben's face is getting closer. This is 1952 at its most paranoid, a Cold War nightmare dressed in neon and nuclear dread, where identity itself has become the ultimate currency and no one is who they claim to be.
