Luise Noring is a Danish citizen who has spent more than fifteen years living in different countries across the world, broadening her understanding of people, cultures and languages. When asked why she has spent so many years living and traveling abroad, Noring answers, “Curiosity.” In fact, curiosity best captures her pursuit of knowledge that has guided her entire life.
In her previous careers, Noring was an academic scholar of city finance and governance supported by a Ph.D. in supply chain management. She ran her own international consultancy company counting numerous cities as clients. The book draws on in-depth research knowledge and practical experience with the people, countries, and cultures of the world. Through travel and career, Noring has gained an intimate knowledge of cities — their layers, their secrets, their propensity for human suffering.
Acknowledgments
Thank you to my sister Martine Noring for providing the vivid and illuminous illustrations. I hope you like them as much as I do.
Thank you to my cousin, Julie Humphreys, for her tireless support and encouragement.
The Sequel
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The Plague was the once the Argentinean lover of the storyteller. The Plague is a humorous man, who seems to be on the verge of breaking out into full laughter at any moment. He has no life companion nor children. He only has himself to look out for, which makes him quite adventurous. He attracts people that have a positive spirit and enjoy his warmth, approachability and lightheartedness. The Plagues dons a critical position in the free faction society because he skillfully hacks the online communities of the declared factions.
Phaethon is an elderly gentleman, who has become a valued adviser of X. He has been working in the service of X for most of his adult life. He is originally a slave and per de facto so is his family. Phaethon is patient, thoughtful and deliberate. Due to his position as principal adviser and valued servant of X and later Ranger, he is able to create an important standing in his community.
The leader of the House of Slora, which is part of the Freedom Fighters faction. Abram both accumulates wealth and territory through his political endeavors. He is younger and more audacious than X, with whom he seeks to do business. He has a large family that he wants to secure the future position of. 
