When you're dying, there are no rules.
Tom Hitsman was once the quiet, bullied kid who escaped through code and technology-never confrontation. Thirty years later, he's a respected cybersecurity consultant with a stable life, a woman he loves, and every reason to leave the past buried.
Then comes the high school reunion.
What should've been harmless nostalgia turns into a nightmare discovery: his former bullies didn't just grow up - they graduated into predators running a hidden trafficking ring. Tom wants nothing to do with them, but fate deals him a second blow - a terminal diagnosis with no time left to fight for a future.
He walks away...
until they kidnap his girlfriend.
With nothing left to lose, Tom hunts them one by one, using revenge methods as calculated as they are symbolic - punishing each man with a fate tailored to the torment they once inflicted. The police call the staged kills "genius." Tom calls it balance.
Detectives Hawthorne and Martinez close in, trying to decipher crime scenes that feel more like messages - part puzzle, part justice, part personal art.
His life is ending.
Theirs will end first.
Justice is Optional, Vengeance is not.
Perfect for fans of Lee Child, Jack Carr, Greg Iles, and The Terminal List.