Desperate Times

Is it moral to kill a criminal?

In the gritty city of Vita, Cade Soldaire becomes one of the first in his society to ask such a simple question. He is nominated assassin, in charge of leading a criminal-fighting organization called the Ninth and one of the only in the city to have the authority to kill criminals. With the Ninth and his father breathing down his back, it's hard for Cade to speak up and decide things for himself.

That is, until he's being questioned in the interrogation room after the killing ceremony has gone wrong.

Now, with a $100k wanted poster above his head, Cade must learn to stand up against his father, and to learn what it really means to be human.