THE BILLIONAIRE’S DEBT
"Sterling Tower... the security... the Faraday shielding..."
"Sterling is a man who trusts his eyes and his sensors," Ruth said, sitting in a velvet armchair that hissed as she sank into it. "He forgot that the people who built his tower the plumbers, the electricians, the janitors they have grandmothers too. There are tunnels under this city that don't show up on a GPS, Elara. Pipes that carry more than just water."
I tried to sit up, but the world spun. The "noise" of the city was still there, but it was different here in the Bronx. It wasn't a roar; it was a distant murmur, filtered through layers of brick and old wood.