Perry is a town that measures how civilised it is not by its arts but by it's debauchery. It is an ideal place for the little Halfling Assassin Dannia to ply her trade. Dannia soon finds herself the target of the only other freelance assassin 'Nocturne' but what connection has that with a brutal girls school? Dannia must find out quickly before she loses her life. In the little fishing town of La Mer, the Halfling Angel is recovering from illness only to be swept up by the puritan soldiers of the mountain folk on a raid. She and her friends must survive and make their escape from the labour camp where violence is the norm but love complicates things.