At the age of 24, Maureen Collins turned her back on a blossoming career in international finance when she unexpectedly discovered how the banking community was being used – sometimes willingly – to finance corporate terrorism. She devoted the next four years to weapons and marital arts training, determined to turn the table on corrupt corporations whenever and however she could. She regards Blade as her role model for what a solo should be, but when she meets him in person she finds that she cannot reconcile her idealism with his apparently cold-blooded methods. She’s stumbled into the Nemesis Crystals affair by accident; has the time come for her to walk away from it, no matter what happens to anyone else?
