Rei was orphaned at nine when both her parents died of heroine overdoses. When she's thirteen she flees her foster home after fending off the creepy foster dad's advance. She was struggling to survive when a Boston criminal trafficking group kidnaps her friends, and nearly captures Rei. She's forced into hiding after killing one of them. Rei keeps clinging to her life, struggling to graduate middle school, while dodging criminals on her heels.She meets a Japanese immigrant dojo and Hibachi chef who takes her in and gives her refuge, while teaching her a new way to channel her endless aggression.Rei will learn that she can never outrun or hide from her past. She will be forced to confront the organized crime group who nearly enslaved her at thirteen.She's no hero and no angel, but this is her origin story nonetheless!From the creator of Blood and Darkness comes a YA Noir Series set in modern Boston.