There is a blackout in their neighborhood, and Sydney and Theo end up in the tunnels leading to the abandoned hospital. The Ending:Ī white man attacks Sydney in her house to try to kill her and Theo, since they had gotten too close to the truth. They are experimenting on the kidnapped Black people with opiods in an abandoned hospital in Sydney’s neighborhood. Kim’s family is part of a white supremacist group that are kidnapping Black people out of Brooklyn in order to take their homes. If Sydney admitted she was dead she would lose her house, so she buried her in the community garden and told no one.

When does coincidence become conspiracy? Where do people go when gentrification pushes them out? Can Sydney and Theo trust each other-or themselves-long enough to find out before they too disappear?Īs predicted, Sydney’s mom is dead. Their neighbors may not have moved to the suburbs after all, and the push to revitalize the community may be more deadly than advertised. To hold onto her community’s past and present, Sydney channels her frustration into a walking tour and finds an unlikely and unwanted assistant in one of the new arrivals to the block-her neighbor Theo.īut Sydney and Theo’s deep dive into history quickly becomes a dizzying descent into paranoia and fear. Condos are sprouting like weeds, FOR SALE signs are popping up overnight, and the neighbors she’s known all her life are disappearing. Sydney Green is Brooklyn born and raised, but her beloved neighborhood seems to change every time she blinks. Note: As an Amazon Influencer I earn from qualifying purchases made through the links on this site.

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