Blood on the Coal

<p>The Gray City runs on coal breathes ash and pays for its progress with the lives of the invisible poor. In the Ash Quarter death is a daily occurrence easily ignored by the authorities. But when Margaret Kane is found murdered in her home her death leaves behind more than just grief.</p><p>Above her body drawn in charcoal is a strange symbol: a broken circle with an eye in the center.</p><p>The police dismiss it as a robbery gone wrong but Margaret's son Thomas Kane sees what they refuse to-a calculated execution. Born of soot and shadow Thomas possesses a brilliant mind capable of seeing patterns others miss. Refusing to let his mother become just another statistic he launches his own investigation.</p><p>His hunt leads him from the grimy docks to the city's elite merchant districts unraveling a terrifying conspiracy. Beneath the industrial smoke lies a secret facility conducting experiments on human consciousness-and a Gray Brotherhood willing to kill to keep their secrets buried.</p><p>Thomas must transform from a grieving son into a relentless hunter. In a city built on silence the most dangerous weapon is the truth.</p>