He'll shoot the Healer first. A-13 is his official designation. As part of a highly skilled unit of government assassins called the A-Class, he's their best. Handsome, morally gray, and born of the highest caste, he has a job to Execute the Carriers. The Gifted Ones, as they call themselves. Those who hold special Healer, Mage, or Seeker. One silver bullet through the heart turns them to Ash. The A-Class uncover the Carriers through Recruitment—a vicious, two-year military service that every young adult must enter. Aelle enters the Recruitment as a powerful Healer just coming into her craft. She knows that one day, A-13's rifle will be aimed at her heart. Will it hurt when the silver bullet burns her to Ash? Will her friends be okay after she is gone? Joleigha, a capable and beautiful Mage, has fallen hopelessly in love with A-13. Zeta, fierce and determined, has put A-13 on her personal Kill List. These women form an unbreakable friendship bond with one To survive. However, no Carrier gets out of the Recruitment alive. For more information about this novel and other books by Marcia Welsh, visit www.themagescrolls.com