The warlords of two dystopian cities bomb each other in perpetual, pointless drone attacks. The ego clash has even spread to the lowly freedom fighters: a spy with an ironclad bladder for a skill set; Terrance, a bored resistance leader tasked with making phone calls any schlub could make; and Cody, a mad veterinarian who collects morphine and sewer rats.

The three must shed their pride and work together to foil the war plan. But their puny roles become glaring as everyone strives to reinvent themselves in this war-torn urban rat maze. A humiliating truth burns the resistance worse than the bombs: transhumanism must wait while Cody’s crude medicine and cyborg animals save humanity instead.

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