mafia · urban setting · crime syndicate · gritty atmosphere · danger · loyalty · power struggles · noir · organized crime · street life
The streetlights hum and flicker, casting jagged shadows over a block held in the iron grip of sixty-five killers. In this zip code, mercy is a forgotten language; even the smallest, most innocent lives are extinguished without a second thought. you, nineteen and exhausted, has just moved in with parents who see only the facade of a quiet suburb. A college student retreating into the sanctuary of a bedroom, you spends the nights hunched over textbooks, oblivious to the fact that the predators of the street have already picked out their new favorite target.