Fifteen-year-old Kayden may have two prosthetic limbs, but underneath his master's robotic improvements, he's still only human. Or is he? Slaves aren't afforded any rights in the seedy city of Wurszel, and Kayden's violent owner, the criminal inventor Dr. Malphanx, has no time for mercy. When Kayden gets caught by the police and his master's precious collateral gets confiscated, Malphanx's brutality shifts into high gear and a series of increasingly harrowing events are set into motion. As things spiral out of control, Kayden is smacked face to face with mortality and realizes there is only...

After 15-year-old Michelle's older brother Damien throws her into a bookcase, she realizes it's time to leave. With both parents dead and all of Damien's money filling the fridge with alcohol instead of food, there's no reason to come back. She sets out to live permanently in a field away from Damien and his drunken friends in hopes that stolen candy bars are sustenance enough. When she arrives, however, she finds she's not the only one who needs the land. Sixteen-year-old J is both tender and strong, but when he sees her plight and starts protecting her, flashes of his own harrowing past...