Tex, an assassin living in self-imposed exile, learns that his son has died. Heading back into what remains of civilization for the first time in decades, Tex finds himself embroiled in machinations between two feuding warlords... and on a blood-soaked path back to a life he tried to leave behind.
Tex, an assassin living in self-imposed exile, learns that his son has died. Heading back into what remains of civilization for the first time in decades, Tex finds himself embroiled in machinations between two feuding warlords... and on a blood-soaked path back to a life he tried to leave behind.
Deep in the galactic frontier, a place where the only authority is power, everyone owes someone something. And out here, whether it’s money or fealty, everyone owes the local mob boss -- the Hangman. Alice “Duster” H’Rera is no different. She’s broken bones and collected debts for the Hangman for years, but now, tired of the violence and wracked with guilt, she wants out. Hangman is happy to oblige, if Duster can pay the price: A few quick beatings in Fortune’s Core.
Tex, a robotic assassin, renounces violence. Years later, in the aftermath of a galactic civil war, the son he created as penance is killed working for a small-time gangster. Tex agrees to settle his son’s debt to the gangster by performing a dangerous job, one that sets him back on a blood-soaked path of self destruction...
Tex is on the run after the deadly debacle in UpTown. The Hangman, believing Tex to have betrayed him, has hired a number of bounty hunters to hunt Tex down and make him pay...
In the explosive finale, Tex and the Hangman head toward a deadly confrontation. As the violence mounts, Tex's humanity continues to be stripped away. Will revenge cost him his metal soul?