4.5 stars, rounded down until I determine rereadability. 
 So, having just recently finished the final book of the Cut & Run series, I was in the mood for something similar. I was not disappointed with this story in that respect. We have two agents who are difficult to partner, to say the least, thrown together due to separate circumstances. Prophet is losing his eyesight, though only one or two people know it, and he doesn't like sticking with one partner for very long, so he's pretty much been through the entire company stock. Tom has had some problems with his partners dying on him, regularly (mostly because they didn't listen when Tom told them not to do something his "gut" told him about). He was scraping the bottom of the barrel on jobs when he was offered the chance to work with EE, the company Prophet happens to work for. 
 Their meeting wasn't quite oil and water, but neither was particularly happy with the situation either. They're immediately put on a case which Prophet is exceptionally close to, so trial by fire doesn't begin to cover it as they analyze each other to see what they can and can't trust about the new "partner." 
 Prophet plays a lot of things close to the chest, but so does Tom. By the end of the story, they've only scratched the surface of each other, but Tom's invested enough in Prophet's well-being that he doesn't want "his curse" (of killing partners) to hit Prophet. And, for once, Prophet doesn't want to be the one to push a partner away this time. (The fallout of that decision is still unknown.) 
 There are some interesting side elements going on (like Prophet's "spook" neighbor, and his blindness) haven't yet fully come into play or been explained, so I'm looking forward to reading the rest of their story.