Local Heavens
Local Heavens by K. M. Fajardo, published by Flashpoint Books on October 14, 2025, is a thought-provoking narrative set in New York City in 2075. This edition spans 424 pages and is presented in English. The story follows Filipino American Nick Carraway, who navigates a society marked by stark contrasts, where corporate power looms over a struggling middle class. As a corporate hacker, Nick’s latest assignment leads him to the enigmatic billionaire Jay Gatsby, whose charm and allure draw him into a world where wealth and technology intertwine in complex ways.
Readers will find a rich exploration of themes such as morality, class disparity, and the consequences of desire. As Nick delves deeper into Gatsby’s life, he confronts the ethical dilemmas that arise from the actions of the elite and their impact on the city’s most vulnerable inhabitants. Local Heavens serves as a reimagining of Fitzgerald’s classic tale, focusing on the intricate balance between love and truth, and the personal costs associated with ambition and accountability. This narrative invites reflection on the societal structures that shape human relationships and the choices that define them.
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A corporate hacker. An elusive billionaire. A society trying to survive the American Nightmare.
New York City, 2075. Filipino American Nick Carraway has just moved to the heart of the fractured New Americas, where he’s struck by the city’s contradictions–shining corporate towers casting bleak shadows over the slums of a crumbling middle class.
When Nick meets alluring, new-money Jay Gatsby, he falls for Gatsby’s frank charm and confident aura. But in a city where the wealthy flaunt tech-enhanced bodies to cheat death, surfaces aren’t all they seem–and as a corporate-sanctioned cyberspace hacker, Nick knows that no secret can stay buried forever. He’s the reason they don’t. And his latest assignment? Investigate Gatsby himself.
As Nick becomes entangled in the dark affairs of the elite–and the devastating fallout of their actions on the city’s most vulnerable–he must reckon with the limits of compassion and accountability across class and status. What takes precedence: Love or truth? Heart or soul?
A brilliant reimagining of Fitzgerald’s classic tale of glamour, desire, and desperation, Local Heavens examines the guardrails of morality . . . and the price of desire.
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