When your family becomes the victim, justice isn't just a job--it's your only reason to breathe.

Detective Phee Freeman has seen his share of horrors. As an NYPD cop, he's tracked predators, faced violence, and survived betrayal--but nothing cuts deeper than discovering his own sibling, AJ, savagely murdered in a ritualistic crime. What starts as a personal tragedy quickly spirals into a far-reaching investigation, uncovering a string of eerily similar crimes--and a darkness more insidious than he ever imagined.

Phee and his partner, Detective Quincy Cavanaugh, are forced into an uneasy alliance with a brilliant yet deranged cult leader whose insights may be their only way forward--or their greatest mistake. As bodies pile up and tensions rise, the detectives must face the terrifying possibility that the person helping them profile the killer may also be orchestrating the murders from within.

From actor-director and acclaimed author Eriq La Salle comes a razor-sharp dark thriller layered with psychological suspense--what James Patterson calls "a white-knuckled treat."