Red City

THE FIRST THING THEY LEARN ABOUT ALCHEMY IS THAT YOU DON'T TALK ABOUT IT. Alchemy is the magical art of transformation. Marketed as sand, an illegal drug, it transforms users into more perfect versions of themselves. And among the gleaming skyscrapers of Angel City, it's controlled by two rival syndicates. But when two childhood friends choose opposite sides, the city - and their lives - will be irrevocably transformed.
Sharp-as-a-blade Sam lives in poverty, and she'll do anything to join the Grand Central syndicate and claim a better life. Charismatic Ari is taken from his family as a boy to become a Lumines apprentice - and will become one of his side's brightest stars. Each will abandon the other to pursue their ambitions. They might have loved one another once, but will either survive the escalating conflict to come ?