Blood Beneath the Neon

In the rain-slicked streets of Aegis City, architect Adrian Cross watches the Commonwealth of Veridia bury his family's slaughter under sovereign immunity. When the High Court dismisses his case, he vanishes into the underworld, hunting the intelligence agents who turned a routine surveillance op into a bloodbath. But as he crucifies the first of his targets on a rooftop overlooking the skyline, he realizes the city's neon glow cannot mask the monster he is becoming. A visceral Val McDermid-style descent into obsession, where the line between justice and savagery dissolves with every drop of blood spilled.