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WHEN THE WATER RISES, SO DO THE LIES. Verdant Tower is getting a new showpiece: the Sunken Atrium, a glass-walled oasis built over old flood defenses and semi-submerged infrastructure. Part eco-art installation, part climate resilience PR, it's meant to prove that HelioVert can keep the city safe no matter how high the seas climb. On opening night, the water in the atrium glows with engineered algae, musicians echo through the glass, and the city's feeds hum with praise. Then the lights go strange. The water goes opaque. And when the emergency shutters finally lift, a key HelioVert executive is found unconscious with suspicious injuries-and a trail of environmental data has been quietly wiped. The official story is quick and simple: an unfortunate accident in a challenging environment. But Ari Vega has seen too many ""accidents"" lately. As the city calls for tighter control of citizen sensors and independent growing spaces, she, Cass, and Ms. Ko start following the currents beneath the narrative. Their search leads through forgotten flood maps, half-drowned tunnels, rival citizen science groups, and a quiet war over who gets to measure the truth. Is the Sunken Atrium the target of eco-sabotage, a stage for corporate theatre, or both? To protect their tower-and the fragile network of balcony gardens and grassroots monitors that actually keep people safe-Ari will have to decide when ""disruption"" becomes self-defense, and how much of the past the city is willing to drown. The Sunken Atrium is Book Four in the Solarpunk Balcony Mysteries-a cozy, hopeful, near-future mystery series about smart cities, stubborn gardens, found family, and quiet acts of rebellion in a corporate-controlled eco-utopia. Perfect for readers who love: Cozy mysteries with a sci-fi / climate twist Solarpunk and hopepunk instead of grimdark Introverted sleuths, hacker sidekicks, and fierce neighborhood aunties Stories about water, data, and power that still believe in people The water remembers what the city wants to forget.

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