Shanti (light novel)

In the dark corners of a 1920s city where wealth and poverty, dreams and despair all coalesce, a boy named Sangha lives humbly with his beloved little sister. Their fragile happiness is soon shattered by the iron fist of the mafia that rules over the city. Sangha is left broken, sinking into the depths of despair, until someone reaches out to him a man with a carefree, frivolous smile. What awaits Sangha next, salvation or damnation?!