Dex Rourke works graveyard shifts mopping sticky arcade tiles, tolerating vicious beatings from corrupt patrol officers and public insults from corporate executives. The world believes the legendary assassin Zero perished years ago, completely unaware that Dex carries suppressed combat cyberware embedded behind his ribs under a dying vow to avoid violence.
The fragile peace shatters when his rebellious younger sister Roxy surfaces on statewide wanted monitors for hacking Meridian Corporation's clandestine archives. Hunted by elite enforcement squads across neon-lit streets, Roxy possesses stolen records that reveal the truth behind their mother's murder. Dex must break his sacred promise, reactivate his forbidden power deck, and dismantle the corrupt conglomerate before ruthless hunters exterminate his surviving family.
