Winner of this year's (2018) International Thriller Writers Award for best e-book original novel (previous winners at ITW include Megan Abbott, Joseph Finder, Stephen King, John Gilstrap). “Readers, meet Ryan Lock – a tough-guy hero for the new age.” Gregg Hurwitz, New York Times bestselling author of Orphan X Over the years, former military bodyguard Ryan Lock has made more than his fair share of enemies. It was only a matter of time before one of them came looking for payback . . . A serial rapist brutally murdered inside California's highest-security prison for women. A frantic gun battle in the middle of downtown Los Angeles. A beautiful, young defense attorney violently abducted from her office. A series of apparently random events that are anything but. Someone is hell bent on revenge, and their target's name is Ryan Lock. A taut, suspense-filled thriller from Sean Black.