The Mercy of False Maps

In the rust-belt city of Ashwick, New Albion, a legendary property mogul returns from exile to resurrect his blighted hometown. But his luxury harborside project unearths a secret buried for twenty years: the violent demolition of a tenant house that crushed a family's fight for voting rights. As the lines between urban renewal and ethnic cleansing blur, every resident must confront the fragile fiction of their peaceful lives. This is a story about how the maps we draw—political, moral, and mercantile—can entomb the truth.