Rupert Cain is an assassin for the British government.
The adventures take place in the not-to-distant future, a largely dystopian world as shown by the fact that the section of London known as Soho is heavily barricaded and guarded, the interior area named The Walled City; passage through the gates is closely monitored and regulated and those inside are warned that passes are required to exit and, most interestingly, "beyond these gaes British law applies" leaving one to wonder whose laws are for those inside it. Inside the borders, all the weirdos and nutcases and nonconformists dwell. It is a place where someone like Cain fits in nicely.
Cain is first described as "the big albino" and that definitely fits. He is very tall, extremely thin with pale skin and long white hair normally tied in a ponytail. 30 years old when we meet him, Cain has been in the government hitman business for 3 three years.
Prior to that he had been a soldier in excellent standing with the British Army. As he tells it, he was "part of the big group that got sent to West Africa and the small group that came back". In a somewhat confusing transition, Cain was put into a situation where he agreed to become an assassin for the government. The deal he made was honored by both sides - for a while. Now Cain is out to make them pay for breaking the 'contract'.
Playing a vital role in the activities we follow in the recorded events is Katie, an investigative reporter for a major newspaper in London, still fairly new to the job and striving to move up the ladder. She will learn a whole lot more than she is supposed to.
Good Lines:
- Said by a very nasty powerbroker in the shadows to the current Prime Minister, "The voters are bored. We have to remind them how good their lives are under [your administration] by making them, briefly, quite a bit worse".