George S. Mahaffey Jr

In a futuristic New Chicago where justice is meted out via a barbaric system called Absolution, you can either level the f@ck up or check out. Nobody knows this better than Marisol, a gifted young life-taker whose job involves hunting down "Runners," people who've been paid bounties to become suspects in crimes committed by the wealthy. On the verge of becoming the city's premier assassin, she stumbles upon a young Runner who holds the key to a conspiracy that could topple New Chicago's dictator-and threatens everything she's ever believed in.