Marid Audrian survives by selling his services in the Budayeen, where cheap thrills and quick death define daily life. He has guarded his independence fiercely in this Arab ghetto of the future. A new threat stalks the streets: a killer who uses bootlegged personality cartridges to become anyone from a cold secret agent to Khan, a brutal murderer who delights in disemboweling victims. The ancient godfather who controls the Budayeen's criminal network makes Marid an offer that cannot be refused. He wants Marid to hunt down this shape-shifting psychopath. Before Marid can face someone who carries the minds of history's most dangerous killers, he must submit to advanced surgical implants. The operation will change him forever, but without it he has no chance against an enemy who can become any murderer who ever lived.
Genres: science-fiction, mystery, crime, thriller
Vibes: gritty, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, fish-out-of-water, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Budayeen, Arab Ghetto
Period: Future
Paperback · Dolnoslaskie
Content warnings: murder, violence