In a place where cigarette smoke masquerades as cheap perfume and money changes hands not to exchange goods, but to execute rivals, Terry finds himself at a crossroads. Having chosen to release the man whom he was ordered to kill, Terry never expected to see, or hear from, him again. But now he’s confronted with the choice of following orders and murdering someone he once called a friend, or pressing his luck and tipping his world’s crooked scales in favor of life.