Kexi City is a port city soaked by the salty sea breeze. Osvetin, a synthetic drug, is quietly seeping into every crevice of the city from the containers at the port and from the layers of border trucks. People in uniform know it's there. They personally seized it, numbered it, and locked it in an iron cabinet in the evidence room. But some things are no longer just evidence once they are in your hands.
Salenko and Masyav are detective partners. During an undercover transaction, Salenko allowed the informant to die and brought back half a bottle of Osvetin. Pay cuts, suspensions, and internal investigations followed. Forced to sell drugs into the black market, he ran into two of the city's biggest drug forces - Sergey and Yelena. Yelena makes him an offer she can't refuse: get rid of Sergei and let him take over the drug empire.
Masyaf is still investigating the case. He didn't know that the drug line he was tracing was already pushing him towards the person he least wanted to face.
A bottle of medicine was smuggled home. A wad of dirty money was handed over. A city where every choice is irreversible. "City of Salt and Iron" is a story about being unable to put it down once you get it.
Purpose: Don't touch drugs
