
The world turns, the ice caps melt, and the Dust Belt creeps eastward. Cyberpunks might do their thing in Goa or Melbourne or Daegu, but in Chicago, Debbie Peck is a conflict mediator still fighting for relevance and her next paycheck. So when her headhunter...

Cyberpunks might do their thing in Goa or Melbourne or Daegu, but in Chicago, Debbie Peck is a conflict mediator still fighting for relevance and her next paycheck. So when her headhunter offers her an interview at the Jefferson Trellis, one of the last bastions of American...

Debbie Peck's headhunter calls to offer her a new beginning at the Jefferson Trellis, the last bastion of American prosperity in Chicago's near future. The salary might relieve her from crushing debt, the work might rescue the broken world from itself, and the bloodstains...