Petrochemical Fiends of Halikarnas

Stathios has spent thirty years keeping the rusted switching yards of Halikarnas running, surviving corrupt foremen, caustic smog, and the occasional syndicate shootout. What he did not plan for was a ten-ton occult behemoth bursting from a crude oil tanker to gorge on burning diesel. When a radical terror group detonates the city's catalytic cracking plant, they release a horde of Tar-Stalkers—viscous, armor-plated demons that drink liquid hydrocarbons and ignore bullets. Now, to prevent the surging apocalypse from reaching the central pressurized LNG fuel depot and vaporizing the metropolis, a begrudging alliance must form between a grizzled yardmaster, a ruthless syndicate hitwoman, an idealistic undercover inspector, and a panicked chief engineer. They have one option: commandeer the last armored freight locomotives, load them with fragile cryogenic traps, and drive directly into the jaws of a mechanical hell.