This dystopian tale takes place when the jobs are gone - that is, except for an elite class of Workers. The story opens as Nathan Englander's grandfather is jailed, and Nathan defends him in court. He soon begins to make connections about his grandfather's past, while just down the street from his office, the city of Bakerton is building a Border Wall to separate Worker enclaves from Citizens. Protest is inevitable. The violence unexpected. Thrust into the spotlight for his heroism at the Border Wall, Nathan prefers to keep his distance from the politicians, but is already on a trajectory to...

"Murder or the attempt thereof often occurs while others sleep." And thus begins a story where danger insinuates itself into the course of ordinary lives. Rod Cavanaugh was in fact a regular guy. Suited for his job as a criminal lawyer, he adores his girls and loves his scotch. When the bottom fell out of his marriage and his family splintered he thought he had enough to deal with - mistakes of his doing that needed to be corrected - but that was before he became the target of a client, in a deadly game that put what was left at risk. Who he thought he was, his place in the scheme of things,...