New York Times bestseller Joseph Nassise has brought readers six thrilling books in the Templar Chronicles urban fantasy series. Now, in Shades of Blood, he goes back to the beginning, back to the early days of the Echo Team, back to the time when their enigmatic leader was just learning the ropes...

Cade Williams was just an ordinary cop until the night a fallen angel nearly killed him. Now he commands the Echo Team, a special ops squad of modern Templar knights, and the things they hunt are far darker and much deadlier than the criminals that he used to face...

Captain Cade Williams and the newly formed Echo Team are sent to the city of Boston to investigate reports of a mysterious blood cult and the disappearance of several members of the Templar Order. What they find will have repercussions that echo well into the future.