An original and intriguing science fantasy collaboration set in an inventive new world. Vi-Kata, the deadliest assassin in the Pinch, has been hired to murder two seemingly unconnected humans in the Pleasure Sect. Vida, an unmarked girl living in an up-market brothel, The Close, and Arno, heir to the head of the Cyberguild - overseers of the virtual reality computer network, the Map. But as Vi-Kata attempts to fulfil his contract, his task is about to become more difficult...