When you're an Imperial aristocrat and your child needs a spouse, you call for the best. That's Danny Lecker, hand hunter extraordinaire. No matter how far, how strong, or how allergic to love or bullets the future partner may be, Danny Lecker always gets her skip.

So what if she uses a little extra force to get the job done? Anything less than a kiloton is hardly excessive. And really, 1,000 rounds per minute is an ideal rate of fire. Besides, none of her clients ever complained—much—as long as Danny brought them their newly intended, often willingly, on time and mostly on budget.

But when business gets slow, a hand hunter can't be too choosy with her clients. Danny's next case could mean the difference between paying all those magazine subscriptions on time or tightening her gun belt until she can scrape up a few jorin to buy her next meal.

And that's where this story begins...