Creative writing student Andrew Joseph is searching for a happy ending. Or at least a fair one. He has no idea what this might look like in reality.

After being attacked by his boss, Andrew struggles with whether to exact bloody vengeance or to forgive him. Andrew’s friend Perico believes murder is the only way to achieve retribution, and he’s willing to help him accomplish this. But Andrew isn’t so sure. His solution is to write a story about his situation, hoping that justice will play out accordingly if the book ends up in the right hands.

When Perico dies unexpectedly, Andrew must grapple with the implications alone. That is, until he meets Bellatrix, Perico’s long-lost daughter, who moonlights as a contract killer.

As Andrew continues to write, the lines between reality and fiction blur. His professor has tasked him with writing two endings to the story, so that he might fully explore the ideas of fairness and free will.

But free will is a tricky gift— and it leaves Andrew with an ending he never could have expected.

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