Placed in modern day Japan, this book follows a clan of ruthless assassins who kill and fight to make a living and stay alive. Their lives are anything but easy, and most of them wont make it out of their teen years...

Nikki Star was an orphan, taken from foster home to foster home, when on her 15th birthday, she realized that she had the power to control fire. She's taken to a different school- for superheros- where she is trained to control her powers. Soon after she gets there, they need her help to stop an evil mastermind... and save the world.

When Vincent Tucat learns he's to be robbed, he turns the tables on the thief to enhance his own reputation. However, in city ruled by thieves, burglary and politics often go hand in hand, and things are rarely as straightforward as they appear.