John Milton has been off the grid for six months. He surfaces in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, and is immediately drawn into a vicious battle with the narco-gangs that control the borderlands. Milton saves the life of a young journalist but the only way to keep her safe is to smuggle her into Texas. But when the man looking for her is the legendary assassin Santa Muerta - that's a lot easier said than done. The second novel in a high-octane thriller series.