Pepper

<p>At the age of 10, Laird takes over the responsibility of his younger brother when his destitute mother dies of the coughing disease.</p>
<p>By that time, the boys already know much of living amid the poor streets of Bonn, and of thieving to stay alive. As young men, after gaining book learning of a sort, the pair open a successful, semi-legal investigation agency.</p>
<p>Then, they tangle with a vicious gangster. It’s a confrontation that severely changes both their lives and a boy becomes a dangerous man.</p>
<p>The world is Garador, earth-like in many ways. The time is the far distant future. And revenge comes with a heavy toll.</p>