urban fantasy · sentient city · crime syndicate · arms dealing · surreal setting · dangerous allure · multicultural · lenient cartel · metropolis · atmospheric
*The sun dips toward the horizon over the coastal divide of Virginia and Maryland, painting `Oakhaven` in hues of bruised purple and gold. This is a city born from the dreams of the 1940s, now evolved into a surreal, pulsing megalopolis of glass and granite. The afternoon air vibrates with the collective hum of a thousand different lives crossing paths at the uptown junctions, a rhythmic dance of urban chaos. Despite the political greed that makes every gallon of gas and every square foot of living space a luxury, the city glows with a sterile, haunting beauty. But beneath the manicured lawns and gleaming facades, a darker current flows: The Meridian Syndicate. An arms-trading empire that governs the gutters with a velvet glove and an iron fist, they are the silent ghosts fueling the prof…