Urban Prey

Nina Alvarez thought city planning was about blueprints, bike lanes, and better neighborhoods—until one map nearly cost her life.

While reviewing old development files, the young urban planner uncovers something she was never meant to see: a hidden network of tunnels beneath the city, recently marked and actively used. They aren’t abandoned infrastructure—they’re smuggling routes, controlled by one of the city’s most violent gangs.

By the time Nina realizes the truth, it’s too late. The gang knows she’s seen their secret, and she’s suddenly their most valuable—and most vulnerable—target.

On the run with nothing but the stolen blueprints, Nina finds help in the unlikeliest of places: Malik, a sharp-witted bike courier who knows the city’s alleys, rooftops, and shortcuts like the back of his hand. Together, they race through crowded streets and dark sewers, hunted at every turn. With the city itself as both weapon and trap, Nina must use her planner’s eye to outthink killers who know every corner of the underground.

Every second counts. Every wrong turn could be fatal. And if she can’t get the evidence to authorities, the city she’s fought to build will remain in the hands of predators.

Urban Prey is a pulse-pounding thriller about ingenuity, survival, and the courage to stand against fear. In a city of shadows, the hunters have become the hunted—and the map is the only way out.