[The Shattered Stars 01] • Breach of Contract

In a future where corporations have divided the world into economic blocs, Bobby B and his friends choose enlistment over the death penalty - but that doesn’t always feel like a good choice.

The corporations only give their recruits plastic flechettes to settle breach of contract disputes so no property is damaged, and casualty rates of up to 90% are acceptable.

The friends combine their disparate skills to keep alive, and Beebi's Basteds are born. But success breeds notoriety, and the survivors are given tougher jobs until they are sent the most important mission in the history of mankind - though the Corporations still try to skimp of course.