The search for a perfect world continues, even as Tillamet's rickety foundations are collapsing day by day.
Teen killer. Illegal adult. Social entrepreneur. Local celebrity. Life's taken quite the positive turn for Rassi Nath, ever since she joined hands with Tarun Ladda and bought into his dream for Tillamet. Now, she manages an exciting new enterprise aimed at accelerating the resolution of disputes between conflicting Worlds - while also settling global debates on morality in the process. No amount of positive energy and goodwill though, can hide the fact that the city of Tillamet is built on a 25-year old scam that is always in danger of being exposed.
Vipul Rai, Tarun's co-conspirator, poses the first threat, penning down a tell-all document that implicates Tarun. Later, the local media begins to smell a story. And very soon, a washed-up private detective with an axe to grind, is hot on Tarun's trail. Tarun and Rassi know they're smart enough to stall, thwart and counteract the menaces in their path. But there's still the minor issue of needing to fix the universe before the city comes crashing down...
Juxtaposing the metaphysical with the pulp, Half Citizen takes a deeper, darker look into the world introduced in the preceding novel, Illegal Adult.