Adam J. Morgan

Alex Lapierre, a professional assassin nicknamed "the Shepherd," decides to put away his gun and start a new life. However, Lewis, head of the organization that employs him, entrusts him with one final mission: to ensure the protection of an old friends daughter, an African minister under the imminent threat of kidnapping.

Rebecca Worlock murdered her husband in 1820, by mixing poison into his beer. She was hanged for this crime the same year, in Gloucester, England.