"We have to pray to the beast."

A dangerous gang has taken over the north side of Toledo, Ohio. In a brief time, they have gained hundreds of members, rivaling the police force. Local law enforcement struggle to contain their rise to power as they threaten to overtake the city.

Detective Samuel Neff has been assigned a leadership role in the special task force created to deal with this problem. But when one of the most gruesome murders in the city's history turns out to be his gang informant, it prompts him to call in his friends, the Makarios Cadre.

As the Makarios Cadre investigates, they find things aren't what they seem on the surface. Something is behind the gang's growth and operations. It's only when one of their own is kidnapped when they discover the depths of the darkness they face as they fight to rescue them. But can they do it before ancient history repeats itself?

Start your journey into Easton Livingston's fifth novel, taking place in his Reality Imagination Universe. In this new series of supernatural suspense, he brings back the family team of investigative heroes who started it all in his book, The Dark Corner — the Makarios Cadre.

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