Synopsis: From the Back Cover of the Ace Books first edition: He lives in a world where technology grows too quickly for the mind to comprehend. Where huge corporations expand outward into the far reaches of space. Where things of the past are swiftly deleted to make way for the future. But some things never change. Like violence. Corruption. Murder. And that is how he makes his living. He offers protection - for a price - and he's the best that money can buy. His skills have been honed to perfection, his memories blocked by a metal plate in his cranium. He is a lost soul with a missing past. But he still remembers how to fight. And how to kill... From the First Page of the Ace Books first edition: Max Maxon is an ex-marine who makes his living with a gun. Sasha Casad is a rich teenager trying to catch the next spaceship home. Max's job is to get her there alive. Somebody's trying to stop them - somebody with plenty of money and firepower. That doesn't bother Max. A contract is a contract. Against all odds, he's going to fulfill this one. And then he's going to make somebody pay!