They Say the Ends Justify The Means When Menrva, a geneticist in the subterranean city of survivors known as Bunker, responds to a call for help from Cowl, her former best friend, and Bas, a renegade cyborg, she makes a vital mistake and places all three of them in danger. As they struggle to escape City guards, cyborg soldiers, desperate scavengers, and ravenous aliens, they find in each other something they never expected: family. During a battle, an attacking cyborg manages to overcome her programming just long enough to deliver a cryptic message. The trio is forced to decide if they will risk death - or worse, capture - to seek out the truth about the City, or if they will fight only for themselves. This fast-paced, gritty first book of the Malfunction Trilogy introduces a future caught between destruction and oppression, where Menrva and her friends must decide if the ends justify the means.

Protecting his family isn’t easy for Starke Coven. Miles below the surface of an inhospitable earth and struggling to make ends meet in a heartless society, Starke works his legal maintenance job during the day, runs contraband through the dangerous underbelly of the city during the nights, and struggles to manage a depressed mother and fatherless younger brother at home. When Starke’s father returns years after abandoning the family, Starke is quick to offer a bribe to keep him from destroying what he’s worked so hard to build. But as Starke struggles to deliver, he stumbles onto a secret that will leave hundreds of people dead. Starke is forced to decide whom to trust and the choice he makes could lead his family to destruction.