Marc Stapleton

Two years have passed since the costly airport raid, and Kris Chambers just wishes to forget, and be forgotten. Working in deepest Asia, in the most physically punishing, mentally exhausting jobs he can find, he’s dragged out of the shadows by news of an alleged real-life vampire.

After the so-called success of his mission to Madrevaria, Kris finds himself back home, aimless and alone. A shocking and unexpected loss spurs him into action, and he soon tackles a hostage situation at the Aljarrian consulate, earning front-page coverage as a masked vigilante in the process.

Kris Chambers is a nobody. A 24-year-old man with a dead-end job and no prospects—and a heart condition that forever keeps him on his toes—he spends his life trapped between apathy, self-doubt, and mortal fear. As he walks down an alleyway, he stumbles upon the lifeless body of a stranger....

After a cataclysmic end to his time as a freedom fighter, Kris finds himself captured, blindfolded, and awaiting a bullet. He comes to believe this may be it—his end is near—only to discover his kidnappers are fellow Americans....