A quarter-million a year, no strings, seems like a great way to live.

Except when people come along who think they can do a better job spending it.

Carlo loves his life. His best friend, Buddy Wu, knows all the hotspots. Gambling, drinking, drugs, girls, and every other kind of way to live well. Buddy even introduces him to Lise Sand, the woman of his dreams.

But when someone within this close circle turns up dead, Carlo's world spins off its axis. Now he, and he alone, must find a way to set everything right. Even if it costs him everything he believes in.

Even if it costs him everything he has.