A cyborg assassin opts to save?not take?her target?s life, in this post-apocalyptic adventure by the author of Afterwar and the Dante Valentine series. Her name is unimportant. She is her job: a liquidator. Deep in debt for cyborg modifications, the agent eliminates whatever target she?s given. It?s a relatively simple job?until now. Her latest assignment is to kill a child, and she can?t refuse?because refusal means Dismissal, a fate worse than death. Instead, the operative smuggles her target out of the city, away from his corporate caretakers. But little Geoff is a gifted, genetically engineered, profitable experiment, and everyone?bounty hunters, fellow cyborgs, brain-fried cannibals, and other monsters?is desperate to get their hands on him. The agent may be practically indestructible, but she?s about to test her limits. Hell hath no fury like a mother protecting her own . . .