One dead mob boss. One terrified call girl. One last chance to survive.

Oxsana Nikitina, a high-class Russian escort in Metropolisville, has made the kind of mistake you don't walk away from—waking up next to the corpse of a powerful Russian mafia boss. With a bloody crime scene and no allies left, she turns to the only man who ever truly knew her: Johan Kruger, her ex-lover and ex-pimp, a hardened former South African special forces soldier.

On the run and out of time, Kruger calls in a war buddy and heads deep into rural Indiana to prepare for the inevitable: a final, brutal showdown with the Eastern European underworld.

SPUTNIK BABY is a savage new entry in this neo-noir crime anthology—where death is always close, and escape is never guaranteed.

Look out for more in the Metropolisville series: Gun Smoke, Fat Cat, Fender Bender, Pig Killer!