After Sanity: Corporate Aspirations

By post-World War III standards Jim Barrons had a pretty good life, until the raiders came. Ever since, his time as a destitute orphan in the slums of Pharm Co. City has been hard and cruel.
The promise he made to his dying mother prevents him from doing the dirty activities most in his position would do to survive. Jim becomes a mercenary, not to get back at those who wronged him, but hoping to work his way up into some semblance of safety. But if his increasing responsibilities put him in a position of income-generating revenge, so much the better. However, his constant interference doesn't go unnoticed and his luck can't protect him forever...