John Wick meets Ghost in the Shell in this fast-paced cyberpunk thriller by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Will of the Many and The Strength of the Few.

My job, when you think about it, isn’t so different from a lot of people’s.

The more old-fashioned crowd do still get hung up on the "killing people" part of it, I guess, but that’s a them problem: it’s been perfectly legal to take out lifers for ages. Besides, once ultrawealthy morons realised they had a way to live forever—limited resources be damned—there was only ever going to be one genuinely practical deterrent.

So, sure, I have to deal with a ton of boring planning. Inconvenient hours. Some pretty awkward face-to-face interactions. And like most of us, I’m really only clocking in to try to crawl out from beneath my debts. But someone’s got to do it.

Luckily, my genetic compatibilities make me really, really good at doing it.

Still. This next job...I don’t know. It’s something I haven’t had to deal with in years. Kind of the opposite of my regular duties. Strange, that it got thrown my way.

I’m sure it’ll all go totally fine though.

About The Author

James Islington

James Islington is the bestselling author of The Will of the Many (the first novel in the Hierarchy series), as well as the Licanius Trilogy (beginning with The Shadow of What Was Lost). He has sold more than two million books, and his work has been translated into seventeen different languages. He lives on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria, Australia, with his wife and two children.

Product Details

Publisher: S&S/Saga Press (September 1, 2026)
Length: 240 pages
ISBN13: 9781668239247

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Raves and Reviews

“A captivating corporate dystopia...explosive and delightfully cinematic, perfect for sci-fi fans who love a wisecracking, morally ambiguous protagonist.”

– Publishers Weekly

"Scion is a high-octane cyberpunk thrill ride jammed full of insane tech, dry wit, and frenetic violence. I devoured it"

– FONDA LEE
New York Times bestselling author of The Last Contract of Isako and the Green Bone Saga

"Full of fierce energy and razor-sharp writing, Scion sketches a terrifyingly enjoyable world to get lost in"

– JEREMY SZAL
Author of Stormblood

"A propulsive, adrenaline-filled thriller that grips you from the first sentence to the last. Islington’s narrator leaps off the page with wit and smarts in this incredible story"

– T. L. HUCHU
Author of The Library of the Dead

"A brilliant page turner by my new autobuy author. Action-packed, bingeable, and remarkably witty, Scion was one heck of a cyberpunk story from start to finish"

– ADALYN GRACE
Sunday Times bestselling author of The Wretched Divine

"Like a quest straight out of Cyberpunk 2077, Scion has all the hallmarks of Islington's strengths, with the same twisty plots, deep characters, and stellar worlds as his fantasy works, packaged in a sharp-edged scifi"

– LINDEN LEWIS
Author of The First Sister