Branded as rogues and traitors, four unlikely convicts flee across the United Congloemrates. Hunted by the authorities, the so-called “Contingency Squad” learns of the dark secrets behind the reason for their very existence. Thirty-five years ago, governments gave way to corporations. Five major business districts combined to form the United Conglomerates to lead the last of humanity through the consequences of a world destroyed by hate and violence. A ragtag team of criminals is sent into the fray in place of the desperate police force, whom people have come to distrust and disdain. These replacements, an expendable force to fight crime among a defeated people, must challenge a downward-spiralling world. Villainous psychopath, Darefin Lyre, challenges the team, which he believes to be the only force powerful enough to stop him. It’s a game of chess, but Darefin is the only one who can see the game board. Isn’t it time ‘human’ is put back in ‘humanity’? Contingency Squad provides readers with the first installment in Jim Blow’s The Shattered Trilogy, able to stand alone from the other two Broken Books.