Steel & Shadows
Chicago is a city of two worlds: the glittering, glass-walled boardrooms of the Loop, and the rusted, oil-stained underpasses of the South Side. Marc Vance belongs to both—and he belongs....
Chicago is a city of two worlds: the glittering, glass-walled boardrooms of the Loop, and the rusted, oil-stained underpasses of the South Side. Marc Vance belongs to both—and he belongs to neither. As the CEO of Vance & Associates, Marc is the "Enforcer," a man whose sarcasm is as sharp as his suits and whose power is absolute. Alongside his partner and brother-in-arms, Elias, he has spent fifteen years building an empire on the philosophy that a man without a weakness is a man who cannot be broken. But the "Urban Alpha" persona is a mask that is beginning to crack. Deep in the shadows of the West Loop, Marc finds his only moments of truth in a gritty bike shop with Caleb—a man who demands a version of Marc that doesn’t exist in the light. But when Marc’s ruthless rival, Julian Rossi, discovers the secret Marc has been hiding, the pressure reaches a boiling point. What started as a corporate rivalry turns into a scorched-earth war. Forced to choose between his pride and his heart, Marc publicly burns his reputation to save his soul. But in the vacuum left by Marc’s transparency, a much darker shadow rises: Vittorio Rossi, a titan of the old-world mafia who doesn't use blackmail—he uses bullets and bank seizures. Locked out of his own building and hunted by the city he helped build, Marc must shed the corporate "Alpha" skin and return to the grit of his South Side roots. In a world where the steel of the skyline is built on the shadows of the past, Marc Vance is about to learn that the truth doesn't set you free—it just gives you a better reason to fight.
Disclaimer: This show may contain expletives, strong language, and mature content for adult listeners, including sexually explicit content and themes of violence. This is a work of fiction and any resemblance to real persons, businesses, places or events is coincidental. This show is not intended to offend or defame any individual, entity, caste, community, race, religion or to denigrate any institution or person, living or dead. Listener's discretion is advised.
