The enemy of my enemy is my friend… or is he? After the nerve-wracking standoff with the Reapers in the ice caves beneath Ceres, the crew of the Nephilim is relieved to be back on board in one piece. But nothing is truly alright.
The Duchess is gone.
She’s been taken onto Lucien’s ship, and no one knows what’s happening to her. But the crew isn’t helpless. For the first time, the ship’s AI is speaking directly to them—and she wants to help bring Hel back.
As the search-and-rescue mission begins, David is still reeling from what he learned on Ceres. The deadly threat posed by artificial intelligence isn’t over. On the a new war is brewing. And the visions of the Machine God aren’t stopping. Join us or be destroyed, it whispers, claiming David is one of them.
Meanwhile, the Duchess must face Lucien aboard his ship. But she isn’t nearly as helpless as he thinks… and their standoff takes a turn no one could have predicted.
The cyberpunk space saga continues—perfect for fans of The Expanse and Cyberpunk 2077.
Anna Mocikat is a successful Cyberpunk and Space Opera author. She was born in Warsaw, Poland, but spent most of her life in Germany where she attended film school, worked as a screenwriter and a game writer for several years. Her "MUC" novels have been nominated for the most prestigious awards for Fantasy and science fiction in Germany. In 2016 Anna moved to the USA where she continued her writing career. "Shadow City" was her debut in English in 2019. Since then she also published the "Behind Blue Eyes" series, the "Cyber Squad" series, the "Nephilim" series as well as "Space Punks" and "Neon Nights."