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What happens when a murderer is too lazy to clean up his own bodies? He hires someone else to do it for him. Chess Finnegan is a cleaner, and strictly a janitor of dead bodies. He doubles as a starving artist and tries to survive in the real world as an orphaned PTSD survivor. The cleaner and the killer have never met in person, and when one of them makes a mistake, the alliance quickly falls into a rivalry. This story is thrilling and full of twists and turns as the characters reveal ugly truths about each other. With a unique antagonist unlike any other, you'll be sure to keep the pages turning to find out who succeeds and who fails in an anonymous battle of morally disturbed humans. Oh... and you'll also find out why it's called Cherry Pits.

New Britain is a society on the brink of destruction. The resources have all but dried up and the money is running out. But desperate people make desperate plans. A government clawing at a fraction of their old power reach the only solution they think possible: The Human Meat Trade. Elias Fawkes has led a life of luxury. Until now. When his father commits an act of terrorism and then takes his own life before he can face trial, it is decided that the 17-year-old Eli will take the fall. The government calls him the traitor's son with the traitor's name. The rebels call him Steel. You'll see why. --- Highest Ranking: #207 in Science Fiction #173 in Action