All Losses Minor

In the aftermath of the landmark Supreme Court ruling Kessler v. Meridian Union, which defined reckless acts as non-violent felonies, the Colossus Solutions corporation has perfected the art of legalized elimination. Erik Cole, a burned-out hitman, receives his final assignment: silence Leo Carter, a twelve-year-old orphan who holds evidence of a pharmaceutical conspiracy that mirrors the tragedy of Erik's own childhood. As the machinery of law and power grinds on, Erik must decide whether one small life matters in a system designed to treat human loss as a mere operational expense.