When Detective Kennex and Dorian investigate the murder of a chrome, there are no signs of trauma other than a very small pinprick on the back of his neck. As the investigation unfolds, it’s revealed that the suspect is tapping into the DNA of his victims in pursuit of perfection.
Provides examples of the following tropes:
- All for Nothing: The murderer killed people to become beautiful. The person he was doing it for was blind.
- Bio-Augmentation: The chrome children.
- Driven to Suicide: The killer after he realizes he did everything for nothing.
- Red Herring: As the victim was a Chrome, at first the murder is investigated as a hate crime. Turns out the victim was singled out because he was good-looking; his status as a Chrome had nothing to do with it.
