"If you're too weak to live, then you deserve to die."
For twenty years Felix Black has lived under the thumb of the man who killed his parents. Impressed into the brutally austere lifestyle of the murderous criminal group CO9 when he was just a child, Felix has learned how to survive on meager rations and impossibly demanding training.
Despite this, Avery, his kidnapper, continues to call him weak. Chafing under Avery's taunting mantra that the weak deserve to be punished, Felix finally resolves to prove once and for all that he is stronger than everyone believesbut can he handle the shattering consequences?