The Levels

Making for an explosive debut, this dark, urban gothic-punk thriller is set in the Levels, an abandoned housing project on the outskirts of NewportOn the East Coast there lies an abandoned housing project called the Levels. Inhabited by Newport's homeless population, the Levels are run by the all-powerful Sorrow. While ex-CIA agent Nate Turner is in the Levels to find out who has just tried to kill him, he meets a 14-year-old girl named Ghost. Ghost is a Fury, one of Sorrow's trained teenage assassins, looking for a way back to her normal life. Kate is a suspended cop who has been told that she has only days to live after being attacked, and infected, by the Beast, a serial killer working the streets. The Beast is out for revenge on Kate's new employer, who he believes created the infection that's killing him, an infection that has also been released into the Levels. Now Ghost is trying to escape Sorrow, Kate is looking for the Beast, and Turner is looking for answers. One thing's for sure—some people aren't going to survive the fallout. On the outskirts of Newport, on the US East Coast, lies an abandoned, feral housing project: The Levels. Inhabited by Newport's forgotten homeless population, The Levels are run as a personal fiefdom by the all-powerful Sorrow