Khalil Payne is a young man ridden with the guilt of histroubled past from his former life in Freeland City, where,as a super-enhanced killing machine known as Painkiller, hewas both a member of Tobias Whale's gang and a weapon of AgentOdell and the shadowy ASA. After attempting to bury thedarker, devastatingly lethal Painkiller part of his persona,Khalil has distanced himself away from everyone he knows andloves in a new city, Akashic Valley, in order to findpeace... but peace never comes easy for men with pasts likeKhalil Payne and Painkiller. As his violent, destructivehistory crashes his idyllic new beginning, Khalil is thrustedback into action with a new mission - bring justice where heonce gave out punishment - but to do that, he will first haveto deal with and harness his darker side, Painkiller.
