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Welcome to 2422, where the galaxial mass murderer known as the Butcher terrorizes humanity with global-scale destruction.Forced to go on a cringey space cruise by her vindictive ex-boss, Redcholate Parise soon has another dismal revelation: Armintor, her creator, has been hiding for three years in their shared cranial embed, and now she wants her body back. Armintor Vess forces Redcholate's personality into a locked file in their cranial embed. Now all she has to do is take revenge on the Butcher for murdering her mentor... as soon as she figures out which space cruise passenger it is. But she finds herself unable to plan, to strategize, to enforce her will. All those traits she gave to Redcholate when she created the persona are lost, and she's now only half a person. Each night, Redcholate escapes from the locked file after Armintor falls asleep. Her creator considers her a non-person, and would kill her without a second thought. But Redcholate is desperate to live. And if Armintor has to die for that to happen, well, what's good for the construct is good for the creator. By day, Armintor investigates her fellow passengers. Redcholate infiltrates the seedy underbelly of the ship's society by night. Each has her own obsession for finding the Butcher. But they must realize just how much they need each other before the Butcher finds them first.