Every city has organized crime. But only River City has a Russian gangster like Valeriy. He is meticulous, cunning, and willing to sacrifice anything — and anyone — to see his conquest through.In Val's way are the men and women of the River City Police Department, including rookie B.J. Carson. She's trying to fill the shoes of a legend while the pressures of patrol and her own past are catching up to her. She and her fellow officers must unite to face down the single greatest organized threat River City has ever seen.Frank Zafiro weaves a complex and engrossing novel of crime, justice and relationships. there are plotters and detectives, usurpers and leaders. Plans within plans. And in the end, the price of victory can be high...and every man has to die.