Reborn, I Bought the Alley Where I Died

Synopsis

Fired, broke and soaked to the skin, he was struck down in a city street and opened his eyes in Aster, a neon sprawl where rifts tear open mid-block and raiders get rich clearing them. The body he woke in belonged to Ryan, a failed awakened so weak the training yards used him as a punchline, beaten and left in an alley for refusing to hand over one small crystal core. Now every battery, camera and street light in Aster answers when he reaches for it. The crew that killed Ryan works for a celebrity raider who smiles for the cameras. He starts at the market under the train bridge.