Chapter 1

Under the moonlight, a warm breeze drifted along the river in Night City.

The moist wind carried a stifling stench as it surged toward the shore, slapping against the face of Allen, who sat hunched on a bridge pillar.

He wore an oversized, high-vis yellow sanitation worker’s jumpsuit. His messy short hair clung to his sweaty forehead, and he raised his flushed, youthful face to weakly curse at the sky.