When crime skulks the poorest streets, its up to an unlikely hero to bring light to the darkness. But theres more to this story than just cops and robbers, and there are shadows upon shadows in the darkest corners of the city.When a notorious crime lords lawyer is beheaded by hired killers, its clear someones sending a message. But Stavros Kefali didnt get to be top dog by scaring easily, so he sends his go-to guy, Darren Flaxstone, to learn whos behind it. A pair of gritty detectives, Slade and Slaughter, are also on the case, and one of them has a secret source for street info: the Lightning Girl, a vigilante fighting crime her way in the citys poorest neighborhood. Meanwhile, reporter Rebecca Hutchcraft is determined to unmask the Lightning Girl, while rival gangster Harrison Marley thinks this might be the time to take on Kefalis organization. Hovering over all this is the upcoming Festival, Kefalis super-secret once-in-a-lifetime event for the citys elite, where all questions may be answereda if anyone survives to ask them.While the City Never Sleeps is the noir superhero thriller laced with myth and mystery from Alex Bledsoe, author of the Tufa novels and Dandelion.
