Ebony is a halfsoul trying to survive on the half rations provided by the government and what she can earn at her job. But she has a way out, if she's willing to murder for it... something she won't do. No matter that if she kills the woman who has the other half of her soul she'll be able to claim full rations from the government, get a better job, education, and if she can find her soulmate, sex. When she finds out she's dying...