Jason Palmer loved being a soldier. But after returning from Iraq with an other than honourable discharge, hes finding rebuilding his life the toughest battle yet. Elena Cruz is a talented cop, the first woman to make Chicagos prestigious Gang Intelligence Unit. Shes ready for anything the job can throw at her. Until Jasons brother, a prominent communityt activist, is murdered in front of his own son. Now, stalked by brutal men with a shadowy agenda, Jason and Elena must unravel a conspiracy stretching from the darkest alleys of the ghetto to the manicured lawns of the citys power brokers. In a world where corruption and violence are simply the cost of doing business, two damaged people are all that stand between an innocent child – and the killers who will stop at nothing to find him.