The Soft Touch. A Low Town novella (en Inglés) - Daniel Polansky

Time passes

Kings fall

Low Town endures

Low Town is the worst slum in the Empire, where lives are sold on the penny. Once its heir apparent, Wren returns after fifteen years to a city in turmoil, the syndicates feuding and the city on the brink of rebellion. Drawn into a tangled web of intrigue and murder, Wren finds himself the pawn in a conspiracy threatening to drive the Empire to war.

But all is not as it seems. Because Wren was trained by the most brilliant crime lord that ever lived-and he's come back to Low Town to find him.