

BY JOHN CULTON

SYNOPSIS
THE EVIL CITY follows Davis, a rising casino executive who believes in order, systems, and fair play — until he discovers that Las Vegas is anything but.
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.
Cast out of the Evil City, Davis is driven 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, violent enemies, and the ghosts of his own ambition.
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.