Vorpal is the finest assassin in the Nine Systems carrying out the most complex, dangerous jobs for her masters, the Holy Order of the Long Rifle. When a routine assassination attempt goes wrong, she must flee, suspecting she is being hunted – but by who? Meanwhile, a crippling, strange vision of the past blots her thoughts, with images and people she’s never seen, and wonders what this memory might represent. Her cover as a discreet but skilled art deal helps her serve an iron-fisted shadow government whose power players wage a quiet war against one another. Set against a cornucopia of planets, races, and societies, with an epicenter, lies in the heart of New Orleans, Vorpal and her smart-aleck drone ARGO must find the answers to these questions while evading pursuers and carrying out her mission!