**The quickest way forward is often the most treacherous. ** ** ** ** ** ** **

Many months have gone by, and Tega's training at the Bounty Hunter Academy has toughened her body and strengthened her mind. But she is still no closer to getting her brother back, and it will be many long years before she can even think about setting out after him.

If only there were a quicker way…

Remembering something she had once heard about a shortcut to becoming a bounty hunter, Tega sets off on a secret mission to capture a highly dangerous target.

If she can accomplish her mission, the Bounty Hunter Supreme will have no choice but to issue Tega’s bounty hunter licence early. But should she err in her task, the penalty won't just be expulsion from the academy.

The penalty will be death.