The Luckiest Man in Denv

On the eighty-third level of the towering city of Denv, young Atomist Reuben senses trouble when a pair of binoculars mysteriously turns opaque after he uses them to spy on the eighty-ninth level. His unease grows after he meets Selene, the alluring woman of the powerful Griffin, whose interest in him feels as dangerous as it is seductive. Then an attack alarm drives Reuben under a table with General May, and in the tense aftermath of a missile strike, he learns the binoculars were used to photograph his retinas. That revelation pulls him into Denv's hidden machinery of paranoia, manipulation, and ruthless succession politics. May explains that Reuben's acquaintance Almon may be a carefully prepared double meant to replace him, and that Reuben must turn the plot back by killing the impostor and taking his place. As the grim lower levels give way in his imagination to the luxury and influence above, Reuben is drawn into a fast-moving struggle of ambition, deception, and sudden opportunity, where one false identity could reshape the city's future. This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design.