He was always destined for blood.
CIA analyst Hunter Long prefers the safety of a desk in D.C., haunted by the mysterious death of his parents and the shadow of his grandfather, a legendary spy. But when a mega-merger of Mexican cartels triggers a wave of biblical violence, Hunter is thrust into the field to extract the only family he has left: Victor Chernov, a Russian double agent who holds the truth about Hunter’s parents.
In Mexico, Hunter encounters "The Initiative," a terrifying new syndicate using Chinese weaponry and Russian bioweapons to destabilize the border. As a plane drops blood over the capital and an engineered anthrax strain threatens millions, Hunter’s team is picked off one by one. When he is kidnapped by the cartel’s ruthless new leader, Santiago Arias, Hunter must survive a drug-induced interrogation and a literal jungle of betrayal. To stop a proxy war, the solitary analyst must become the killer he’s always feared he was. But in a world of shifting alliances, the real monster might be the secret Victor is protecting—a revelation that proves the war on drugs is far more personal than Hunter ever imagined.
