Andy is happy as a shadowrunner wannabe, but when he accidentally gets involved with real runners, the game of Let's Pretend is over, along with his safe corporate life.
Andy's half-brother, UCAS Army Major Tom Rocquette, has some doubts about what he's involved with, too. Why, for example, is he being ordered to mercilessly massacre the Compensation Army, a group that, like him, only seeks justice?
Andy and Tom, along with runners Markowitz and Kit, are finding out things that could put many lives in danger and point to a sinister web of dirty politicians, dishonorable officers, and misused tech and magic-a conspiracy that could dismantle the UCAS government! Can Andy and Tom find enough evidence to prove it-and stop it-before the nation's capital is buried under a heap of bloody corpses?
