Sean Fredricks

William Hundert is a passionate and principled Classics professor who finds his tightly-controlled world shaken and inexorably altered when a new student, Sedgewick Bell, walks into his classroom. What begins as a fierce battle of wills gives way to a close student-teacher relationship, but results in a life lesson for Hundert that will still haunt him a quarter of a century later.

Darla is a type-A Brentwood mom who’s done with her abusive marriage. Her solution? Hire an assassin. Enter Deuce: a superstitious hitman who believes deeply in his cosmic purpose. That is, of course, until the universe throws a wrench in both their plans, and they must decide what to do—practically and existentially—before the universe decides for them.