Kicking off an explosive new storyline that continues into CATWOMAN (2011- ), Selina must choose work for a master--or pay a high price for her freedom.

Selina Kyle walks a fine line in the criminal underworld. A thief herself, sheÕs regularly on the wrong side of the law, while her personal life gives her crooked colleagues plenty of reason to distrust her. When Catwoman finds herself at the center of a dark plot full of violence and intrigue, sheÕll have to decide which side she is onÉand who she can trust. If a leopard canÕt change its spots, and a leopard is a catÉcan Catwoman ever escape her own destiny?

Father Valley is a mystery. His unusual style as a hit man, his habit of keeping a bible designated for each of his targets, his macabre and particular method of elegant savagery, his insistence on waiting until his target has reached their highest point before he strikes them down-these are all strange and enigmatic traits that have remained unexplained…until now. Bear witness to Father Valley’s past with the Order of St. Dumas, and his unexpected connection with Azrael, to learn the method to of his madness. And see, once and for all, why Catwoman should be deathly afraid of being on his hit list.

In the 14th century, the monarch RaÕs al Ghul sends his sonÑa dark knight of the Order of the BatÑon a genocidal mission to wipe out a roving band of peasants known as the Selenes. But the nomads are protected by a shape-shifter: a half-woman, half-feline whose attempts to thwart RaÕs al GhulÕs evil plan may be utterly undone by her feelings for the knight.

After being robbed time and time again by Catwoman, Gotham City crime lord the Penguin has decided to wage war against the thieving anti-hero. However, he isn't the only one after her. Someone named the Joker's Daughter is after Catwoman. Who is she, and why has she come to Gotham City? Writer Ann Nocenti continues her run on the title with CATWOMAN VOL. 4, collecting issues #19-24, 26, Catwoman Annual 1, Batman The Dark Knight 23.4: Joker's Daughter

Catwoman struggles to survive and escape from a mission which she is blackmailed into undertaking by a secret government agency.