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Esten. Philosopher, visionary, scientist: soldier, criminal, ruthless killer. The youngest commander in the history of the Northern Coalition militia. After five years of fighting his way to the top in the post-apocalyptic Border zone, Commander Esten has lost many things, among them his compassion and his ethical certainty. Among the things he has gained is the conviction that he is destined to be shot for insubordination, and the absolute determination to change the human-android relationship before he is. His friend Nephil, with him since the first day of activation in the lab, is the only one who can take his mind away from the perpetual fighting of programs within him, a battle that scars his positronic brain and causes tremors in his hands. But when Nephil is killed, ordered on a suicide run by their human superiors, Esten discovers something: revenge is a very logical emotion…