Ciudad roja

Alchemy is the hidden art of transformation. An exclusive power wielded by criminal syndicates who sell it to the world's elite in the form of sand, a drug that empowers its users and transforms them into a more perfect version of themselves: more beautiful, more charismatic, more flawless. Among the gleaming skyscrapers and rolling hills of Angel City, alchemy is controlled by two rival syndicates. For years, Grand Central and Lumines have maintained a fragile balance between cordial negotiation and outright violence. But when two childhood friends enter this delicate equation, the city and the course of their lives will be irrevocably altered. Sam would do anything to rise through the ranks of Grand Central in search of a better life. Ari, torn from his family as a child to become an apprentice with Lumines, is one of the syndicate's brightest rising stars. There was a time when they could have loved each other. But when the two alchemists clash from opposite sides of an increasingly intense conflict, ambition will turn into power, loyalty into lies, and no transformation will be perfect enough for both of them to survive the coming war.