Description

New York City, 1890.

A city growing faster than its conscience, lit by gas, electricity, and ambition.

Maggie survives by refusing belief. Elias Crow, a fallen street preacher, speaks truth without certainty. Thomas Hale, a policeman sworn to order, begins to question the cost of obedience. As their lives intersect, the city itself seems to respond—streets shifting, lights flickering, fog gathering with intention.

What begins as tension becomes something stranger and more dangerous, as New York reveals itself not just as a setting, but a living force that tests courage, conscience, and survival.

The Heart of the City is a dark, atmospheric novel blending historical realism with subtle magical elements, exploring faith without comfort, power without mercy, and the price of standing honestly in a world built to consume conviction.