Ash Lynx, blessed with striking looks by nature, was shaped into a merciless assassin by his upbringing. As a runaway, he was taken in as the adopted successor and exploited as a plaything by “Papa” Dino Golzine. Now, at the defiant age of seventeen, Ash rejects the empire offered by the man who molded him. However, a dark secret that drove Ash’s older brother to madness during the Vietnam War has unexpectedly come into Papa’s grasp, just as Eiji Okamura, an innocent young photographer from Japan, crosses paths with Ash at the most inopportune moment.