No indiscriminate killing. No collateral harm. No unvetted goals.

These are the guidelines Hawes Madigan lives by. Guidelines that make becoming Fog City’s Prince of Killers bearable. Shortly, he’ll end up being king-of a business of assassins-and the crown hasn’t felt heavier. Until the mysterious Dante Perry swaggers into his existence.

Dante looks like a rock and roll god and bears himself like 1 too, all loose-limbed and casually confident. He also posesses concealed weapon, an exclusive investigator’s permit, and a note for the prince. Somebody inside Hawes’s corporation is out to kill the future ruler.

In the chaos that follows the timely warning, Hawes involves depend on Dante. On his skills as an investigator, over the steadiness he gives, and on the moments by itself when Hawes enables Dante assume control. As alliances are examined and traitors open, Hawes requirements Dante at his back and in his bed. If the PI ever learns Hawes’s darkest secret, Hawes will get a knife towards the heart-and a bullet towards the brain-instead.

Contains mature themes.