The Artful
New York City, 2025: Everything is changed. The city that never sleeps is now a land of death and decay. A rampant virus has taken over and the survivors have become carriers, quarantined from the rest of the world.Twist and Dodger grew up in the streets, the sewers and underground tunnels -...
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New York City, 2025: Everything is changed. The city that never sleeps is now a land of death and decay. A rampant virus has taken over and the survivors have become carriers, quarantined from the rest of the world.Twist and Dodger grew up in the streets, the sewers and underground tunnels - their playground. They aren't heroes. They just like attention; and stealing meds from the rich and giving them to the poor is their golden ticket.On their latest raid, they unknowingly steal a cure that puts them square between the ailing Emperor of Manhattan and the war hungry Governor of Brooklyn and forces them on a quest into the darkest shadows of their putrefying world.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781620075272 (162007527X)
ASIN: 162007527X
Publisher: Curiosity Quills Press
Edition language: English
Series: Shadows of the City (#1)
I received a review copy of this book for my stop on the blog tour at Donnie Darko Girl. I could imagine The Artful being made into a black and white movie like a Frank Miller graphic novel. Think Sin City, which is really fitting here because that's what NYC has become with the Tower Babies living ...
I had to put aside my issues about it being some kind of post-pandemic book and just enjoy the immediate immersing of my fantasy bug to enjoy two characters trying to being Twist and Dodger. For someone who not only read but includes Oliver Twist as one of her favorite books I caught a bunch of subt...
I received a copy of this book from Curiosity Quills Press to review. The Artful is by far best book I've read so far this year. I was amazed with the world building and pacing of this story. I found it rather unpredictable, and there was never a dull moment. Wilbert Stanton takes you on a wild adve...
I received a free copy of this book from the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review, thank you! I really wanted to like this book, as it features a lot of things I like to read about, post-apocalyptic setting, New York, viruses. I had to admit I didn't know who Artful Dodger was,...
I spent this week at someone else's house, catsitting two babies with separation anxiety, and what better way to kill time than read? Even for the size of this book and the fact that I had very little to do, The Artful took me the entire week to finish. That's not to say that it was bad, but I think...
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