The Pickers

In a world where society discards both trash and people, some survivors know how to profit from both.

Beneath the glittering skyline of a corrupt American city, a group of homeless scavengersâ€"known only as The Pickersâ€"live on the margins, digging through landfills for more than food and scrap metal. They hunt for information. Bank slips, broken hard drives, forgotten filesâ€"anything that can be sold, traded, or leveraged for one more day of survival.

Led by the fierce and resilient Mama Jo, with the jittery Red, tech-savvy Bug, and the mysterious newcomer Eli, the crew makes a discovery that could expose a massive web of political corruption. Hidden in a battered briefcase are files belonging to a powerful city officialâ€"documents that were never meant to be found.

Suddenly, the Pickers are no longer invisible. Hunted by enforcers, betrayed from within, and pulled into a deadly conspiracy, they must choose between fleeing back into the shadows or fighting a system that’s rigged against them.

The Pickers is a raw, unflinching novel about survival, betrayal, and the forgotten underclass who live between society’s cracksâ€"and what happens when they stumble upon a truth too powerful to bury.