Von Schlange thought she’d escaped her past. Instead, Black Nova has claimed her—an elite, off-the-books task force where obedience is survival. As their newest assassin, she’s unleashed on targets tied to Jaxon Ryker, an infamous drug lord hiding in Alaska. Beside her is Xander Holt, a deadly former Navy SEAL bound by the same code: no attachments, no crossing the line. But as bullets fly and missions turn bloody, the line between partner and something more begins to blur—sparking a dangerous attraction neither of them can afford.

Meanwhile, in Los Angeles, Detective Anaya Nazario faces a nightmare of her own. A new synthetic tranq dope—nicknamed the “zombie drug”—is cutting through the city, deadlier than fentanyl and immune to Narcan, leaving a trail of corpses. As she hunts for the source, her investigation into LAPD’s corruption exposes a list of dirty cops protecting Ryker’s empire—and puts a target squarely on her back.

On opposite coasts, an assassin and a detective are drawn into the same ruthless drug war—where dirty cops sell out their badge, and every betrayal carries a body count.