Sadr Al Din Morales(explained as a name given by his hispanic parents to gain the good graces of their Arab employer by giving him, their son, an Arab name) nicknamed "Shatter", lives in a Bladerunner-esque mid-21st-century Chicago (Daley City). In the future, virtually all employment is temp-employment, contracted by online-computer job listings. Shatter uses a number of aliases to create qualifications for different kinds of work. Working as a temp police officer, under false name "Jack Scratch", Shatter takes a new police-temp assignment investigating the murder of a corporate executive.

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