Author Description

Malice Collissimo, a seasoned Navy SEAL with an illustrious career, is thrust into an early retirement following a harrowing personal tragedy. His wife, Kyra, and their unborn child are brutally killed during a carjacking. Left to raise his infant son, Devin, alone, Malice tries to leave his violent past behind. His life takes another turn when his old football coach, Ken Craft, now the police chief of Maple Grove, persuades him to join the police department. Malice excels in his new role, rapidly climbing the ranks from officer to lieutenant, but beneath his badge, he harbors a dark secret: he is the estranged son of Michael Collissimo, a notorious crime boss, a fact obscured by his own racial identity. Tragedy strikes again when Devin is killed during a botched bank robbery, shattering what remains of Malice's world. Despite his grief, Malice returns to work a year later and is assigned to train rookie police officer, Dana McFarland. Unknown to Malice, McFarland is an undercover FBI agent investigating Malice's potential ties to the Collissimo crime family. As Malice begins to reclaim his life, his fragile peace is destroyed when his estranged parents, attempting to reconcile, are savagely attacked in a public park, resulting in his mother's death. Malice makes a promise to his mother on her deathbed that propels him into a relentless quest for vengeance. Driven by grief and growing suspicion, Malice discovers evidence linking a trusted friend and ally to the orchestrated attacks on his family, aimed at leveraging his underworld connections to control the city's crime rings. With betrayal and bloodshed haunting him at every turn, Malice reunites with his former SEAL team to get proper justice. Together, they embark on a relentless hunt through a labyrinth of corruption and violence involving members of the police department and the criminal underworld. Their mission leads Malice to an eventual showdown, leading to him extracting brutal v