The Sound and the City

In Carver City, sound is money — every block a different key, every studio a tiny church, every last train home carrying someone terrified they'll lose the melody before morning.

Core wakes as a rising music producer with a gift that can turn a thousand ordinary voices into something that lasts forever. He also wakes inside a game. Somewhere in the dark, a host has built this whole glittering, electric city as a trap — baited with Core's own ambition, his hunger, the deal any rising man would take.

To win the way the city wants, Core has to own the sound. To win the way that actually matters, he may have to give it away — name off the top, doors thrown open, and walk out with the porch light still burning.

Game Six of Across Infinities: a standalone story about art, ownership, and the courage to leave something behind so it can finally live. Perfect for readers who love reincarnation romance and visionary, big-hearted fantasy.