The world we live in is a lot darker than most of us care to admit. In the back rooms of embassies, in the poorly lit alleys of the world's capitols, deals are being made and backs are being stabbed so that people in power can grab more of it while climbing over the bodies of the powerless. In this hidden section of our society, there are those who walk the line between the two sides and attempt to keep things from falling too far into shadow, all the while trying not to fall off the line and into the darkness themselves. Tara Chace is just such a person. As part of the Special Section of Britain's Ministry of Intelligence, she is one of a handful of operatives codenamed "Minders"-the people they call when the politics get particularly dirty. It's a world of questionable morals and so many shades of gray they could have their own rainbow. For instance, is it better to assassinate a general in the Russian mafia, to take his life, rather than allow him to peddle more guns and drugs in underprivileged countries? Tara's bosses seem to think so, and she is dispatched to Kosovo to take him out. Unfortunately for her, the action forces the Russian mafia to ask their own question-once someone has taken the life of one of their officers, can they continue to let that person live? Noted novelist Greg Rucka (CRITICAL SPACE) peels back the lid on the traditional espionage story to see the nastiness inside. QUEEN & COUNTRY is a spy comic unlike any other, sidestepping the clichés normally associated with the genre in favor of the sort of dirty dealing that keeps the world turning.