The Interest on Life

In the Shadow District, time is not measured in hours. It is measured in debt.

Elena has lived for twenty years under the weight of a single signature. When a rare illness threatened her life, she entered into a contract with the Chronos Exchange, mortgaging twenty years of her unborn son's natural lifespan to pay for treatment. It was supposed to be temporary. A bridge. A sacrifice she could repay.

But markets fluctuate. Interest compounds. And the powerful never lose.

Now Leo has turned twen...