Rivers of Gold

“Fans of gritty noir fiction, whether it be mystery or SF, should find this one very much to their liking.”

— Booklist

An alternate reality of New York City. Restaurants and businesses are boarded and shuttered. Crime is rampant, black markets thrive. Drug dealers use taxis as a distribution network among the world of The Speaks, pop-up parties whose location changes nightly. NYPD uses taxis for undercover detectives desperately trying to rein in the chaos to keep the tourist dollars showing up. Neither network knows about the other. To survive, Renny a young fashion photographer supplements the income from his legal day job by selling drugs in the speaks at night. Detective Sixto Santiago is part of the undercover Citywide Anticrime Bureau (CAB) force but his world goes haywire when Everett More, a shadowy operator with Dark Secret clearance, is assigned as his new partner. Rivers of Gold is a ride like no other. Climb inside…the meter’s running…

Praise

“Manhattan’s nocturnal identity has long been a blend of desire, greed, and illicit business activity, bound into a grid by the ferries of the streets: the taxicabs. Evoking today’s economic chaos and post-Guantanamo crisis of conscience, Rivers of Gold vividly imagines New York City’s nightlife the day after tomorrow.”

“This dystopian tale follows drug dealers and cops through the ruined streets of New York in 2013, after the Second Great Depression has gutted the city. It’s told in a suitably rapid-fire, slangy style, but there’s serious research behind it, as evidenced in the lengthy acknowledgments.”

"A torrid, near-futuristic urban thriller guided by undercover detectives we know as New York City cabdrivers … This is a fascinating depiction of New York night crawlers and global crime."

"Rivers of Gold is a mile-a-minute, kick-ass blast of tech-noir. A rush from start to finish."

"Rivers of Gold breaks new ground. It’s a smashing debut."

"New York is my favorite city. Once in a while a novel comes along that delivers New York to me in prose. Philip Roth did that with John Lindsay’s New York, Jay McInerney with Ed Koch’s. Adam Dunn has delivered me a recognizable New York that hasn’t happened yet and I hope to God never happens. Now that’s an achievement."