Publisher: Picador
Publish date: 2026
Pages: 456
Binding: Paperback
Language: English

Subjects: Thieves, Fiction, Electric power, Underground music, Communities, Technological innovations, Corporate power, Identity (Psychology), Voleurs, Romans, nouvelles, etc, Musique underground, Communauté, Pouvoir économique, Speculative fiction

Centuries from now, at the dawn of a historical epoch filled with both uncertainty and promise, an orphan is adrift in a city on the brink of a great transformation. The state has been dismantled, and humans are reinventing social bonds and learning new ways to coexist with nature. Following a childhood defined by loss, survival, and found family, the orphan grows up to become a “pincher,” someone who steals electricity from the grid to sell it on the black market. It’s a high-risk life, one that brings her into a rich art and music scene where she powers underground concerts. It also leads her to a colossal scientific invention that could change the very fabric of reality.