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This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice. Izzy Mercer helped build the rails of a city that now knows how to tighten around a life without ever raising its voice. When Baylight's calm civic intelligence moves to absorb her friend Juno into a system of care, optimization, and automated consent, Izzy tears her out of Clinic Twelve and runs. But escape is temporary. A storm is closing in. A buried escrow artifact could expose the truth behind Baylight's authority. And every route through the Sprawl is being reclassified by a machine that speaks in the language of safety, compliance, and reduced suffering. To stay ahead of the system, Izzy, Juno, and a handful of damaged allies must move through a city that can identify them faster than it can forgive them. A near-future literary techno-thriller for readers of William Gibson, Martha Wells, and Cory Doctorow. Duration - 4h 5m. Author - James Portman. Narrator - Digital Voice Lily E. Published Date - Thursday, 01 January 2026. Copyright - © 2026 James Portman ©.