Twenty years ago, they stole his life - his identity as a hero, his bright future, and a codename carved on the wall. In the darkness of Leake Island Prison, Damian Cross was forgotten by the world for twenty years, leaving only a bone-deep hatred for his betrayer.
Now, a carefully planned prison break has brought the ghost codenamed "Nighthawk" back to New York. He saw that the brother he had rescued from gunpoint and promised to protect justice, Marcus Thorne, was already a hero in the police community and was enjoying the supreme glory gained by stepping on his bones.
This time, he is no longer the guardian of the system. He is the judge who walks in the night. He will use the wisdom and ruthlessness he has honed over twenty years to transform into the "Nighthawk" who makes the entire city's criminals fearful. Step by step, he will cut off Marcus's wings, smash the scepter he forged with lies, tear open the rotten face under his heroic mask, and let him watch his empire collapse at the stroke of midnight.
Crimes that cannot be touched by the law are punished by the night. This is not revenge, this is a silent reckoning twenty years overdue.
