Tommy's first contract as a bounty hunter is to bring in the entire human race. He'd didn't take the job to become a villain, but grocery money has to come from somewhere.

One problem: he's already fallen for Rebeca, one of his targets, and she's just too cute to give up.

Tommy isn't human. As an evolved wolf, hunting is what he was born to do. Too bad he can't stop tripping over his own claws. The new job is a last ditch effort to make some cash -- they'll hire anyone with fangs.

His target, the human minority, are seen as leftovers of a bygone era, perfect scapegoats. Every society needs an enemy, and humans just happen to be easy, high profile, and satisfyingly squishy. Tommy hasn't the luxury to worry about the morality of his job. He's too busy trying to keep himself in one piece while the experienced hunters take all the credit.

The humans' influence only becomes apparent once they begin to disappear. Civilization crumbles without them, but the public won't give up the one thing they love to hate. In a post-apocalyptic age without television, it seems entertainment is more important than survival.

Tommy must choose either his job, or protecting Rebeca and becoming one of the hunted. But, hey, true love is always worth the risk of being torn limb from limb.

Right?

The Story So Far...

Tommy is a human-wolf hybrid living in a post-apocalyptic Vancouver. The majority of the city's population is non-human, whether that's animals like Tommy or mythological creatures.

Last night Tommy got in the way of a bounty hunter tracking down a human. Tommy doesn't know what the human did, but he knows for a fact he doesn't want to get in the way of the bounty hunting tiger again.

A restless night's sleep and Tommy's back to work the next morning. If not for the bills he'd be long gone. As a wolf, he's a born hunter, but his job is pushing paper.

Tommy's a sub-sub-sub-contracter at one of the largest companies in the city. The government has a contract out to track the declining human population, and it's Tommy's job to keep abreast of every human birth.

Things take a turn for the worse when he finds out that's his wage is being cut.

Tommy is as mild-mannered as they come, but he falls into rage as his boss tries to take advantage of him, to the point that he nearly kills the men in cold blood.

Out of a job now, with his hands still shaking from his near brush with murder, Tommy out on the street, looking for a job.

Not exactly what he was looking for, but when you don't know where your next meal is coming from you can't be too choosy. Tommy's now a bounty hunter – partnered with a rather peculiar lion.

Tommy and his new partner English make a good team. A handful of hunts later Tommy already has more money in his pockets than he's ever seen.

They're even better now that Tommy's learned more about the aloft lion than he ever expected, or wanted for that matter. Things are on the up and up for Tommy. Now he just has to keep them going.

Well, that went well. Tommy's managed to save a boat load of rich gamblers, but the cost was his leg. The last thing he remembers is looking up at the stars as he hemorrhages blood all over deck.

By hey, at least he got to meet a cute little cat-girl named Rebeca.

Out of hospital, Tommy's itching to get back in the game. He's already going stir crazy.

Things don't go the way they're planned and Tommy is, again, unemployed. But not for long.

English to the rescue, the two of them go into business for themselves. One problem... they need some business to do.

A new contact from the government and they're tracking down the last of the human population. Neither of them know why, but it pays well.

There's a wrinkle though. They now have an escort, a police dog named Jon. Tommy just can't figure the dog out. One moment he's a poster perfect image of a cop, the next he's bent over double with a 'kick-me' expression that reeks of a life on the streets.

The search is going well. Too well for Tommy's tastes. They've found the humans. That should be good, but then why does Tommy feel like a sell out? And the night gets nothing but worse. Much to Tommy's surprise he finds his girlfriend is human.

Artwork by Negger

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