Twenty years ago, they stole his life: his identity as a hero, his bright future, and a codename carved into a wall. In the darkness of Rike Island Prison, Damian Cross was forgotten by the world for twenty years, left with nothing but a hatred for his betrayers that had sunk into his bones.
Now, a carefully planned prison break sends the ghost known as “Night Hawk” back to New York. He sees that Marcus Thorne, the brother he once saved from a hail of bullets and who vowed to uphold justice, has become a hero of the police force, basking in the glory he won by stepping over Damian's bones.
This time, he is no longer a guardian within the system. He is a judge who walks through the night. With the wisdom and ruthlessness honed over twenty years, he will become the “Night Hawk,” a figure who terrifies every criminal in the city. Step by step, he will clip Marcus's wings, shatter the scepter forged from lies, and tear away the rotting face beneath his hero's mask, until Marcus watches his empire collapse with a crash at the stroke of midnight.
Crimes beyond the reach of the law will be punished by the night. This is not revenge, but a silent reckoning twenty years overdue.
