After overseeing the downsizing of a construction facility at Arcturus, Zada Harper comes face-to-face with a friend from her past... whom she just helped lay off.

Before she knows it Zada finds herself the next target of the ISC Corporation layoffs. She is suddenly without a job and forced into automatic arbitration for a severance settlement. But Zada won't go quietly. She will make sure the ISC feels the sting of her departure.

A science fiction novelette by J.A. Marlow