Bounty hunter Mercy St. Clair is without peer, but her skills as a babysitter leave something to be desired. Safeguarding a vulnerable young woman en route to her home world seems like easy money, but exactly where they're going and why is a closely guarded secret. But her need for protection becomes apparent when a steady stream of cyborg mercenaries look to assassinate Mercy's ward . . . and Mercy! Ron Randall's Trekker returns in Rites of Passage, an original graphic novel of white-knuckle science-fiction adventure wrapped in mystery and political intrigue.