August was never the most upstanding citizen. He's been a contract mercenary longer than he hasn't, and, as far as his last employer is concerned... well, he's dead. Content to lay low, August comes into possession of a data shard that promises him a better life... if he's willing to take on the risk. That's how he and a drug-addicted hacker end up at the door of an old acquaintance: a troll with a dangerous knack for alchemy. Throw in the strong...