Local Heavens
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Product Details
Publisher: Bindery Books x Inky Phoenix Press
Release Date: October 14, 2025
Formats: Paperback, Ebook
ISBN: PB: 978-1-964721-55-2; EB: 978-1-964721-54-5
Trim: 5.5 x 8.25
Page Count: 480
A Novel
K. M. Fajardo
A corporate hacker. An elusive billionaire. A society trying to survive the American Nightmare.
New York City, 2075. Filipino American Nick Carraway has just moved to the heart of the fractured New Americas, where he’s struck by the city’s contradictions—shining corporate towers casting bleak shadows over the slums of a crumbling middle class.
When Nick meets alluring Jay Gatsby, he falls for Gatsby’s frank, confident charm. But in a city where the wealthy flaunt tech-enhanced bodies to cheat death, surfaces aren’t all they seem—and as a corporate cyberspace hacker, Nick knows that no secret can stay buried forever. He’s the reason they don’t. His latest assignment? Investigate Gatsby himself.
As Nick becomes entangled in the dark affairs of the elite—and the devastating fallout of their actions on the city’s most vulnerable—he must reckon with the limits of compassion and accountability across class and status. What takes precedence: Love or truth? Heart or soul?
A brilliant reimagining of Fitzgerald’s classic tale, Local Heavens examines the guardrails of morality . . . and the price of desire.
About the Author
K.M. Fajardo is a second-generation Filipino Canadian writer from the Toronto suburbs. She graduated from the University of Waterloo with a degree in Global Business and Digital Arts before working in the tech industry. After a childhood spent roaming bookstores, she now lives and writes in Toronto with her rescue cat, Clementine. Local Heavens is her debut novel.
Visit the author’s website at: kmfajardo.com
Reviews
“Easily one of my favorite books of the year. Fajardo’s Local Heavens is not just a cyberpunk reinvention of The Great Gatsby, but a singular revelation in its own right. Creative, incisive, and elegantly crafted, this one will wow you even as it wrecks you—you’ll be holding your breath to the end.” —Olivie Blake, New York Times bestselling author of The Atlas Six
“Gorgeous, decadent atmosphere. Local Heavens pierces to the core of an American classic, transforming the original Gatsby’s prosperity and prohibition into an era of technological dominance and the consequences therein. An exemplary execution of the cyberpunk genre.” —Chloe Gong, New York Times bestselling author of Immortal Longings
“Local Heavens is the heady, sultry cyberpunk retelling of The Great Gatsby you didn’t know you needed. Fajardo’s writing is deliciously decadent and aching, both true to the spirit of the original and offering a fresh, startling spin on the carelessness of immense wealth and the people who get chewed up and spit out along the way. This is a gorgeous book. Keep your eye on this debut!” —Yume Kitasei, author of The Deep Sky and Saltcrop
“An ambitious, sizzling modern remake of Fitzgerald’s classic that takes us to new heights and emotions. With unique twists and turns that are both fun and somber, Fajardo brings new and necessary questions about the future we are hurtling toward.” —Shubnum Khan, author of The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years