The Flaw in the Machine: When justice is a rigged algorithm, the only morality left is treason.

A rigged scale will always tell you it is perfectly balanced.

In the smog-choked, industrial theocracy of the Inner Ward, suffering is a commodity and human debt is an inescapable inheritance. For twenty years, Senior Official Beatrix Blythe has served as the unyielding blade of the Enforcement Division, presiding over the Ossuary Net-an ancient, semi-sentient digital architecture that measures morality and extracts power from the marginalized. She has sacrificed her empathy to uphold the ab...