Sean Suarez is field operative in the Contingency Division of the highly secretive organization known as the Agency. He is a highly trained agent who engages in clandestine field work where he usually given as little information as is needed to carry out his tasks.
The Agency is tasked with the messy details of maintaining an interplanetary hegemony for the political body known as the Reach. The only way out of the Agency is retirement, which few field Agents ever attain. Agents who step out of line are usually executed without warning.
After several years in the Agency, Sean is approached by another organization who are interested in his services and who offer to hire him if he ever needs restaffing. Sean files this away until one day when he finds himself unexpectedly on the run.