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When investigative journalist Christopher Dodson receives a terrified voicemail from his missing colleague-cut off mid-sentence-he stumbles into a nightmare that transforms Chicago's familiar streets into hunting grounds for ancient predators. What begins as a search for vanished reporters leads Chris into the city's storm drain network, where he discovers an impossibly sophisticated marketplace run by goblins who have evolved far beyond folklore. These creatures don't just kill-they harvest. Human consciousness has become their currency, with journalist brains commanding premium prices from Chicago's elite who believe consuming intelligence can enhance their own abilities. The missing reporters aren't dead. They're being farmed, kept alive in underground facilities while their curiosity, investigative instincts, and professional skills are systematically extracted and sold to buyers who treat human consciousness like vintage wine. Each auction features preserved organs marketed by the cognitive traits they contain: ""Reporter heart-grants persistent courage. Brain tissue-enhances pattern recognition."" As Chris descends deeper into this Gothic underworld, he realizes the conspiracy reaches into every institution Americans trust. Hospitals have become processing centers. Police departments provide protection. Federal agents unknowingly serve goblin interests. The creatures wear stolen human faces stitched together like masks, infiltrating surface society while maintaining their subterranean flesh markets. When Chris becomes a victim himself-his investigative abilities partially harvested and sold-he must hunt the goblin Curator who orchestrates these operations. But can a journalist whose curiosity has been surgically removed still pursue the truth? And what happens when the very traits that define humanity become commodities for the wealthy to consume? A visceral fusion of urban horror and investigative thriller, this novel asks what remains of a person when their essential nature becomes someone else's luxury meal.

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