On the cut-throat streets of Tarkis, orphaned teens like Rath end upjailed ... or dead. So when the shadowy Janus Group offersRatha chance to earn riches beyond his wildest dreams, heseizes it. But the Janus Group is as ruthless as the elite assassins it controls.Rath willhave to survive their grueling, off-world training, andfulfill all fifty kills in his contractbeforea single centcomes his way.And ending so many lives comes with a price Rath can't anticipate. It'llcertainly cost him what's left of his innocence. It maywellcost him his life."