In order to save her mother, a teen is forced to become an indentured
assassin in this sizzling "movie ready" (Kirkus Reviews) dystopian
thriller.
No one reads the fine print.
The good news is that the USA is finally out of debt. The bad news is
that it was bought out by Valor National Bank, and debtors are the new
big game, thanks to a tricky little clause hidden deep in the fine print
of a credit card application. Now, after a swift and silent takeover
that leaves 9-1-1 calls going through to Valor voicemail, they're
unleashing a wave of anarchy across the country.
Patsy didn't have much of a choice. When the suits showed up at her
house threatening to kill her mother then and there for outstanding debt
unless Patsy agreed to be an indentured assassin, what was she supposed
to do? Let her own mother die?
Patsy is forced to take on a five-day mission to complete a hit list of
ten names. Each name on Patsy's list has only three choices: pay the
debt on the spot, agree to work as a bounty hunter, or die. And Patsy
has to kill them personally, or else her mom takes a bullet of her own.
Since yarn bombing is the only anarchy in Patsy's past, she's horrified
and overwhelmed, especially as she realizes that most of the ten people
on her list aren't strangers. Things get even more complicated when a
moment of mercy lands her with a sidekick: a hot rich kid named Wyatt
whose brother is the last name on Patsy's list. The two share an intense
chemistry even as every tick of the clock draws them closer to an
impossible choice.
An absorbing, frightening glimpse at a reality that is eerily just steps
away from ours--Hit is a taut, suspenseful thriller that absolutely
mesmerizes from start to finish.
