Fake Flowers
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Timothy Green is a private detective on the floating city of Faust, the most technologically advanced city in world. He is given a case by a eurasian woman, Daisy Lafayette, to find her missing sister who she believes has been abducted. The case leads Timothy across Faust where he discovers the true origins of the city and what will be its ultimate end.
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