Not every older brother will protect you...some are the reason you're battling to survive.

Jake knows disappointment better than most. Not every older brother turns out to be someone you admire or someone who has your back. Some let you down so profoundly you avoid them at all costs. Then there’s Jake’s older brother, Mason.

Since Jake left the family farm in Vermont at age twelve to live with his uncle in New Orleans, he has seen Mason four times in the past twenty-three years. The first cost him two hundred grand and a trip to Colorado. The next dragged him to Turkey, where he had to cover up three murders. Africa almost killed him. And the fourth? It’s 2004, and Mason has sold Jake, his skills, and his freedom to the highest bidder. Now Jake is trapped in Costa Rica, working for a man he despises, caught up in a business he hates.

Jake’s freedom hinges on surviving the last seven days of a brutal contract orchestrated by Mason. But in Costa Rica’s dark underbelly of organised crime, survival hour by hour is far from guaranteed.

The clock is ticking, and the stakes couldn’t be higher. If Jake is to make it out alive, he must rely on all his uncle taught him. But is it enough? Will Jake cross a line no other dares to tread and do the unthinkable to hold Mason accountable?

An unputdownable psychological thriller that delves into the murky depths of human nature, where the most dangerous person in the room is the one you never see coming. A heart-pounding read from start to finish.