Assassin-for-Hire, Former CIA Handler, Lighthearted Fool: Josiah Amherst is a man of many sides with a sense of humor that can only be matched by the gods.

Unceremoniously forced into early retirement by the CIA after a long career of service to their interests, including recruiting the members of VIRUS for the agency's covert wet works program, Josiah is both extremely well-connected, lethal, and knowledgeable of more government and high society secrets than probably anybody else on the planet.

Estranged from his only child Kerry and divorced from his ex-wife Lea Westmoreland, a high-powered attorney who shares a practice with his younger sister Athena, Josiah's life is full of complex relationship landmines that he often doesn't navigate around with ease.