Local Heavens

A corporate hacker. An elusive billionaire. A society trying to survive the American Nightmare.New York City, 2075. Filipino American Nick Carraway has just moved to the heart of the fractured New Americas, where hes struck by the citys contradictionsshining corporate towers casting bleak shadows over the slums of a crumbling middle class.When Nick meets alluring, new-money Jay Gatsby, he falls for Gatsbys frank charm and confident aura. But in a city where the wealthy flaunt tech-enhanced bodies to cheat death, surfaces arent all they seemand as a corporate-sanctioned cyberspace hacker, Nick knows that no secret can stay buried forever.Hes the reason they dont. And his latest assignment? Investigate Gatsby himself.As Nick becomes entangled in the dark affairs of the eliteand the devastating fallout of their actions on the citys most vulnerablehe must reckon with the limits of compassion and accountability across class and status. What takes precedence: Love or truth? Heart or soul?A brilliant reimagining of Fitzgeralds classic tale of glamour, desire, and desperation,Local Heavensexamines the guardrails of morality ... and the price of desire.