Camilla Roth-Hartwell, owner and operator of Roth-Hartwell Retrievals, has retrieved someone... or something... that has made her the target of the Darkh, a cunning (and successful) assassin. None of her usual contacts can, or will, help her, driving her to hire a group of down-on-their-luck ne'er-do-wells to protect her until she can arrange the sale of whatever started this mess. Can a group of novice bodyguards hope to stand against the Darkh?