The Arithmetic of Mercy: In a world where humanity is currency, one broker is about to zero her ledger to save a soul.

In the Crucible, breathing is a taxable asset. Empathy is a lethal vulnerability. And survival is purely mathematical.

Sybil Snow is a master Render Broker, a ruthless extractor of the digital currency that keeps the underclasses of the Crucible enslaved to the elite Rendered Lords. She has spent years carving away her own humanity, hoarding "Render Points" to purchase the legendary Permanence Seal-an artifact that guarantees absolute immunity from the system's monthly, genocidal Purges. She...