The Goddard Affair

The Assassin Without a Name is on the hunt, looking for the secret organizations which recently tried to kill him before they can try again. But the work of his trade doesn't stop just because of personal business, so when a new client named Walter Goddard comes around wishing to have a rival eliminated, the Assassin Without a Name takes the job.

Only after the task is complete does he learn that Walter Goddard is a member of the Society for the Progression of Science and Technology, one of the very same organizations he's been seeking. At one of the society's premiere technology galas, the Assassin Without a Name meets Gwendolyn Morgan, a beautiful widow with society problems of her own. Not only does she believe the organization hired an assassin to murder her husband, but she's certain she's next. Convincing himself he's only helping Gwendolyn in exchange for the society's darkest secrets, and not because of his part in making the woman a widow, the Assassin Without a Name finds himself in the unusual role of protector as the society dispatches their Black Guard watchdogs to kill them both.