Victor-27

Everyone you trust to watch your back will eventually stab it.

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Twenty years ago, the frigid Khizmit Enclave had two problems: too much crime and not enough coal. Their solution was The Preemptive Initiative-kill all the criminals and incarcerate their children-the vanguard of future threats to their peace and prosperity.

Victor-27 doesn't know what his parents did. All he cares about is that although he's spent his whole life in prison cells and rat holes, he isn't ready to stand before Th...