Keeper

Keeper by Rucka, Greg. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780553102444.

In a heartbeat, a crowded auditorium or a city street can become a kill zone, where life and death are separated by a split second. For Atticus Kodiak, professional bodyguard, the object is to keep people alive, and there is no margin for error. Now Kodiak faces his toughest challenge: to protect a woman and her daughter from a killer with a fanatic agenda of his own.... Tense, taut, and as brutally real as this mornings headlines, Keeper marks the debut of a talented young writer of tough, unflinching prose—and the beginning of an electrifying new series. From the Paperback edition.