Tightrope Waltz
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The story of Cooper Moore's escape from prison planet Penumbra-7, an entirely AI developed and operated prison system. Home to the outcasts and degenerates from across all the colonies of humanities interplanetary expansion. Cooper must balance his nature against the control of a corrupt and violent society while in search of the most coveted thing by all of mankind.
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