Hidden within untouchable buildings, fortune favors those that rig the system. At least until a kicked can runs out of road... Governments fail after letting too many cats out of too many bags. Human leashes snap.

What happens when electrons find new orbitals amongst the sounds of clipping cords? Naughty secrets disguised in luxury will often covet more than altruism when laws lift.

Wearing little more than a burning life preserver, Remy and her older brother, Cub, flee the wastelands of progress while greed conquers compassion with a poetic, suffocating hug of Munchausen by proxy. After gathering a few companions along the way, she must learn that roses almost always smell normal, even when you don't stop.