Roots in the Concrete (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798215565117)

In the smog-choked metropolis of Oakhaven, the sun is a myth buried beneath a century of iron and coal. Here, the Ironworks Guild rules with an absolute grip, and the simple act of growing a flower is a crime punishable by death.

Silas is the Plant Doctor: a rogue botanist operating out of the city's deepest shadows. He spends his nights selling illegal breaths of clean air to the dying workers of the Narrows and his days feeding his own magical blood to a dying sanctuary of forbidden flora. He is a man of science and secrets, waiting for the city to finally suffocate.

Linden is the Commander's top hound: an elite Enforcer built of brass and unyielding law. She is the perfect weapon for the Guild, except for the terrifying secret pulsing in her veins. She is a dryad, a creature of the ancient forest, suppressing her own nature with alchemical poisons just to survive the city's bio-scanners.

When a corrosive, weaponized plague known as the Blight begins to dissolve Oakhaven's foundations, Silas and Linden are forced into a desperate, cynical alliance. To stop the architect of the plague, they must bridge the chasm between iron and leaf. One carries the seed of the future; the other holds the iron to protect it. Together, they will either wake the forest or burn in the furnaces of the Guild.