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Every city hides a dark side. In the daylight, London sparkles, beckoning tourists, optimists and dreamers. In the darkness, the city festers, tempts and corrupts. It is a world where ancient landmarks and picture postcards mask the lure of the desperate and the exploitation of the weak. Beyond the selfie-sticks and Union flag souvenirs, good men wrap themselves in the blanket of criminal rewards. In the seething streets, the hissing underground stations and lost subterranean rivers, the metropolitan dreams of diverse characters unfold. In the shadow of a violent crime, Detective Iona Stone, an IT specialist and ethical hacker, tracks an underground criminal network. Jimmy Kinsella, an aging crimelord, has seen other criminals break his strict codes of conduct. He seeks to repent for his sins, but is it too late? Cal McKinley, a Tube driver traumatised by a passenger suicide, has been haunted by visions he can't comprehend. Forces older than the city itself stalk his dreams and watch his every move. Maria, a vulnerable twelve-year-old from Kerala, India, has travelled half the world in search of her past. She dreams of a future which is robbed from her almost immediately. Within hours, violent chaos engulfs her. Maria is tracked, hunted and pursued-she can rescue the city, but first she must save herself. In this city of darkness and light do angels walk in the shadow of sinners? And can seemingly ordinary individuals achieve the impossible and save the lives of thousands and the fate of a city? Praise for Metropolitan Dreams: "Half urban fantasy, half London-noir, with strains of Neil Gaiman thrown in for good measure, Metropolitan Dreams is a page turner that you'll wish didn't run out of pages. This book deserves to be made into a film, or be the next grit-fantasy (that's a genre, promise) TV box set we're all talking about." Goodreads review. "Scary, clever, emotional and real. When an a