The Mandatory Organ Donation Law allows any private organization to harvest organs from every deceased citizen and deliver them for transplantation by autonomous surgical robots. Only one city enforces this law, and not just any city: the sprawling metropolis of Nicae Ratapignata, haphazardly built on the ruins of a devastating earthquake in southeastern France. Its not-so-great reputation, coupled with high crime and mortality rates, has opened the door to all kinds of trafficking related to human bodies. Marion Hernandez, a detective with the Criminal Investigation Division, knows this all too well; her roommate and friend, Satine Ramie, works for Speed'Organes, the largest company in the business. But when an organ courier working for a clandestine company is involved in a car accident, a bloody investigation will lead her to an organ harvesting and transplant obsessive whose methods prove to be highly innovative and disturbing. Publication date: May 1, 2024 Order Press release