The Architect's Shadow

di G.H ARTHUR (Autore)

G.H ARTHUR, 2025

"A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in." Thomas Kane has spent a career documenting the rot within the city's ledgers, hospitals, and police precincts. But his final investigation leads him to the very foundations of the city itself—and back to a mystery that has haunted the Archive since the beginning. When Eleanor Hartman arrives with evidence of deliberate structural negligence in the city's tenements, Kane uncovers an "architecture of suffering." The buildings designed to house the poor were never meant to stand; they were engineered to fail, enrichment for a municipal elite who traded human lives for masonry and mortar. As Kane navigates the treacherous waters of the Magistrate hearings, he realizes that his work is no longer about a single victory. Guided by the prophetic legacy of Eleanor Voss and the sacrifice of those who came before, he must ensure that the Archive survives to protect the generations to come. In this gripping conclusion to the current series of Thomas Kane Investigations, the battle for the truth reaches its most literal level: the literal walls that surround the vulnerable. The investigation may never truly end, but the record is now undeniable. The Architect's Shadow is a profound and atmospheric Victorian noir that explores the weight of legacy, the corruption of urban development, and the enduring hope found in the preservation of the truth.

• Autore: G.H ARTHUR
• Anno edizione: 2025
• Editore: G.H ARTHUR
• Formato: EPUB3 con DRMFREE
• Lingua: Inglese
• Compatibilità: Tutti i dispositivi (eccetto Kindle)
• Layout: Reflowable
• EAN: 9798233981807