all wars have rules rule number one no killing innocent bystanders rule number two no killing anyone under the age of eighteen break the rules become the target since the age of eighteen joseph has been assassinating people on behalf of a cause that he believes in but doesnt fully understand the war is ageless hidden in the shadows governed by a rigid set of rules and fought by two distinct sidesone good one evil the only unknown is which side is which soldiers in the war hide in plain sight their deeds disguised as accidents or random acts of violence amidst an unsuspecting population ignorant of the brutality that is always inches away killing people is the only life joseph has ever known and hes one of the best at it but when a job goes wrong and hes sent away to complete a punishingly dangerous assignment joseph meets a girl named maria and for the first time in his life his singleminded bloody purpose fades away before maria josephs only responsibility was dealing death to the anonymous targets fingered by his superiors now he must run from the people who have fought by his side to save what he loves most in this world as children of paranoia reaches its heartinthroat climax joseph will learn that only one rule remains immutable the only thing more dangerous than fighting the waris leaving it