Desperate and destitute, Temir signs his life away to the military to become a mech pilot. Neurologically augmented to be the perfect tool of war, he wants nothing more than food and shelter. He has learned never to ask for too much. It’s safer inside the machine. It’s safer to be an unfeeling machine. Dancing on the edge between vulnerability and power, his new skills come at the cost of needing his mind constantly tuned and adjusted by his handler Kergat. Is their trust built on duty or something more?
