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Synopsis

The year is 1998 and The Saigon Autonomous Zone is burning. On the day Buddhists claim the dead walk the earth, someone dropped a relic of The True Cross on a Saito Corp Truck. The Truck screamed. Now after "The Hungry Ghosts Day Riots" The Theocratic Holy Indochinese Empire is looking for answers and The Saito Corporation need ones that don't leave them implicated. At the center of the tumult are:
Kente Watanabe: Saito Corp's Homegrown hatchet man
Anh Tranh: their local employee and witness
Mitsuki Haiku: Saito Corps advanced Noospheric AI
To save their reputation and position. Together they are dragged into the world of high tech terrorism and cold war intrigue, as the eyes of the superpowers fix their gaze upon Saigon.
They must find the stolen relic, and find someone to blame, before Saito gets expelled from the city.

In a world of mutants, espionage and technology that borders on magic, can he plug the leaks and save Saito? And how does this PAN tech work?

Note from author

[Urban Fantasy]
My Submission for Twilight Frontiers Urban Fantasy challenge.
Heavily inspired by Philip K Dick. (especially his Faith of Our Fathers Short Story).

Note some of the formatting might look weird on small screens. If it does let me know so I can try to fix it.
Special Thanks to:
Literate_Manul and Mai for the inspiration for some characters
Mai for her help and feedback
Bubbles for Critique of Initial Chapters
Snwo and ZeroZero for WB feedback

[Urban Fantasy]
My Submission for Twilight Frontiers Urban Fantasy challenge.
Heavily inspired by Philip K Dick. (especially his Faith of Our Fathers Short Story).

Note some of the formatting might look weird on small screens. If it does let me know so I can tr...

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