Since the age of eighteen, Joseph has been assassinating people on behalf of a cause he believes in but doesn't fully understand. The War is ageless, hidden in the shadows, governed by a rigid set of rules, and fought by two distinct sides - one good, one evil. Killing people is the only life Joseph has ever known, but when a job goes wrong, he is sent away to complete a punishingly dangerous assignment. There he meets a girl named Maria, and for the first time in his life, his single-minded bloody purpose fades away. Now he must run from the people who have fought by his side to save what he loves most in the world. But as Joseph will learn, the only thing more dangerous than fighting the war is leaving it.--From book jacket.