Actually, Dark Ages: Dominion, the book
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0615373232/ref=redir_mdp_mobileWas this you inspiration Donald?
Dark Age is an urban mythological trilogy about the future of mankind, where the super rich minority control the masses of super poor majority. The story begins in a vast decaying ghetto - known as The Slums, where the remnants of humanity try to survive. Gangs and Warlords rule over this chaotic dystopia where Information and technology is banned, punishable by death. ...The Slums surround a technologically advanced utopian city, known as The Corp. Within its well protected walls Corp leaders plot to destroy the Slums. They simply deem it's populace too unfit for the future age. Those in The Slums are clueless to The Corp's plans as they fight for survival in chaotic conditions. Only one man can truly reveal the plans of The Corp, a slum gangster named Zed, but he doesn't even know it... yet.