After discovering he can't die, Val seeks out an old professor rumored to teach people how to kill. Instead of his student, Val becomes the man's bodyguard, and they journey across a fractured world, pursued by all manner of hunters —some more monstrous than others. *** There were rumors about monsters wandering the country. Insect-like creatures that almost looked like humans. They wanted weapons and people who knew how to use 'em. A boy who can't die, a professor who refuses to teach, and a hunter out of a job. They're a trio as disjointed as the world they've agreed to cross together. Some work is more important than money. Val is what some people would call precocious, and others would call a monster. Professor Williams calls him a pain in the ass, and that's good enough for Val. He doesn't know what the hunter calls him, but he knows he would like to find out. Humans really are the most interesting things…