Seattle is a city full of bright lights and great people, but underneath the glitz and glamour lies 13 families who work in the shadows. When a chance at a normal life is shattered, I find myself going back to a world that had taken so much from me.

Old flames reignite, friendships are reformed, and a place that once exiled me becomes home once again. Two brothers find themselves in the employment of one of the families. The glitz and glamour of the gangster life draws them in, and they work to maintain the fragile balance between the families.

"We are the balance of the counterbalance, to work in the shadows. We don't directly intervene, and we don't make it personal" Boss said to him, pouring himself another glass. "So then what is our job?" He asked him, confused.

She is his queen, the one who quells the demon within. The Harley Quinn to his joker, and God help anyone who threatened his queen.

The book is one of a series that will unfold the events that lead to the loss of my brother, an inside look into the world that few knew about, and even fewer walked away from. A single event threatens to repeat the events that sent the city into flames, and to destroy a ceasefire that lasted more than 20 years.

Will they learn about the players who are pulling the strings in the background in time, or is history doomed to repeat itself. This book is only the tip of the iceberg of a story 20 years in the making.

Explore with me this alternate timeline of Seattle, the players in the shadows, and one person's life where one spark is all it takes to ignite the flames of war.