You know what they say about freedom? It's choosing your way to die.

Murder of Crows is based in a not-so-far-flung universe where humanity did not reach the stars but instead found itself mired in corporate takeovers. Asteroids were towed into orbit around Earth and terraformed into smaller planets to deal with excess population, and while most of these dwarf planets were intended for colonization, Eris was destined for commercial warfare.

In this new age of gladiatorial combat, prisoners and debtors are divided into teams and cloned prior to the games. When these so-called athletes die, their consciousness and memories are transferred into new clones and the process begins all over again.

Only a rare few of these athletes ever make it off Eris, and Ryan Jenkins, the newest addition to the Crows, is about to learn that for himself.