Lifesphere INC: Acquisition - Free Kindle Book

Eli’s future is a life spent scavenging on the Rim. He sells trash to survive, while on the Topside, citizens live in hedonistic luxury. Eli dreams of obtaining citizenship by becoming a handler; bonded with a bio-organic life form called a meka.

On the Topside, handlers are celebrities, pitting their skills in televised meka battles. But new legislation will only allow those with citizenship to become handlers and Eli can’t raise the money to buy a meka before the law is passed.

A grifter named Kalex offers Eli a trade: meka of his own, if he competes in an illegal fight to the death. Eli realises his meka can’t win, but Kalex has no intention of letting him or his meka escape alive. As Eli flees into the city, he knows Kalex is on his tail. And it’s only a matter of time before Kalex finds them...