Merowlink arrives at the city of Ta Bing, near the war-torn Kingdom of Kummen. His next target is the pompous Galvin Fox, star of the Battling arena. But getting close to Fox will mean facing off in a game where the price of losing is death.

Just as his last target learned, the hunter can become the hunted. Merowlink finds himself cornered in a crashed star-ship, facing an enemy who has carefully laid his traps. But help can come from surprising directions.