Red City (New Alchemists #1)

Red City (New Alchemists #1)

Author: Marie Lu Listening Length: 15h 19m

Alchemy is the hidden art of transformation. An exclusive power wielded by crime syndicates that market it to the world’s elites in the form of sand, a drug that enhances those who take it into a more perfect version of themselves: more beautiful, more charismatic, simply more. Among the gleaming skyscrapers and rolli...

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It is a warm, pleasant evening, the kind of night where the bright young things of Gotham head to the rooftops, where they indulge in Manhattans and martinis under the illumination of fairy lights and marvel at the expanse of skyscrapers that stretch to the horizon in every direction.

Tonight, at one such bar, a pair of ladies are whispering to each other about the young man standing alone by the ledge, dressed to perfection in a sapphire suit and sleek oxfords, his back turned to the crowds and his attention fixed instead on the glittering facade of the Empire State Building.

One of the women dares the other to go talk to him.

Her eyes linger on the young man’s lush dark locks, the chiseled profile of his face.