They are the small, the powerless, and the abused. Their names will not be remembered for any great work or anything they accomplished. But they lived, they fought, and they played the best games they could with the cards they were dealt. And when all was said and done they either quit while they were behind, or stayed in until they broke. When a one night deal falls out from under him James-Patrick Boseman is left stranded in an unfamiliar city, and forced to rely on the only other person as bad off as himself. Haunted by the life he escaped and struggling to trust his own instincts Rhys Hanson earns a living doing the only work he’s good at, and working with others who might understand. Within Donovan Grimes exist two impulses, each wrestling to extinguish the other until a sweetheart deal comes along to help him settle his demons. Without agency, without a life to call his own, Franklin Blanchard runs for escape where he can find it, leading him into ruin, loss, and the most important connection of his life.