Courier Armand Pierce knows he’s in deep trouble when he arrives at his destination to find his attaché case—connected to a titanium cuff grafted into the bones of his wrist—mysteriously empty. Pierce had better get to the bottom of whatever’s happening, before the client—or the Guild—catch up to him.

Jon McGoran is the author of ten previous novels for adults and young adults, including the YA science fiction thrillers Spliced, Splintered, and Spiked, the science thrillers Drift, Deadout, and Dust Up, numerous short stories and novellas, and licensed work for The Blacklist, The X-Files, and Zombies vs Robots. A freelance writer, writing teacher, and developmental editor and coach, he lives outside Philadelphia with his wife Elizabeth, a librarian. For more, visit www.jonmcgoran.com.