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ABOUT THE NOVEL

THE EVIL CITY follows Davis, a successful casino executive who believes in order and fair play as he deals with a corrupt empire of power, sex, and money.

 

Beneath the neon blush and endless pour of cocktails thrives the Green Felt Jungle: a seductive and merciless ecosystem cloaked in glitz and glow, always hungry for your soul. In this city, the line between legitimate business and criminal enterprise is razor-thin. Structured on the surface, cutthroat underneath, Las Vegas is ruled by predators in tailored suits — mobsters, corrupt politicians, corporate fixers, and hustlers who play for keeps.

 

As the city reinvents itself with luxury mega-resorts and soaring high-rise developments, the old mob is replaced by corporations just as ruthless, just as corrupt. Davis finds himself trapped between old-world crime and new-world greed — and when he crosses the wrong people, his fall from grace is swift and unforgiving.

 

Needing a break from The Evil City, Davis is compelled to venture across the world to southern Africa — into the savage heart of the Dark Continent. There, stripped of status and protection, he faces a new kind of predator: man-eating lions and violent enemies, while the ghosts of his own ambition await his return to The Evil City.

 

From rigged roulette wheels to loaded rifles; from backroom deals to blood on the ground — THE EVIL CITY is a global noir thriller about survival, corruption, and the cost of crossing the wrong people.

ADAPTATION POTENTIAL

THE EVIL CITY is perfectly adaptable to a prestige, serialized power drama built for premium streaming. Designed as a multi-season franchise with cinematic scope, a subscription-driving expandable universe, and high-stakes continuity that doesn't rely on plot gimmicks.

 

Audience: Adult, upscale, mainstream viewers who prefer drama with teeth, binge-oriented.

J. CULTON

JOHN CULTON EVIL CITY BRANDMARK

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