Bureau of American Defense agent Hunter Thornton-Payne is distracted from his long hunt for a ruthless assassin by the lovely Abby Blandon, who draws him into a dangerous conspiracy involving the government and an evil enterprise.

Eve Erixour is a mercenary with a past no one would envy and more enemies than anyone should have. Death stalks her relentlessly. So when she gains the attention of a League assassin, she considers it par for the course. But Jinx Shadowborne isn't after Eve. Someone has it in for him and his brethren. High-ranking assassins are falling, and Jinx is convinced one of their own is selling them out. He's on the trail of his key suspect when fate throws...