Ethan Matthew, the military’s god of war, wore the White Eagle Medal—ultimate combat authority. After ten years, he retired, longing for his mother and daughter. On his way home, he stopped a bank robbery bare-handed and saved a girl with asthma, catching FBI agent Claire’s eye. But at home, he found not his daughter’s embrace, but her gravestone.
In freezing rain, Ethan knelt before Danielle’s tomb and vowed to hunt everyone responsible. With intel from old comrades like Kiliman, he targeted Lane Moretti, an arrogant thug protected by powerful backers. Ethan went alone, tore through Lane, and uncovered the real mastermind: the Lawrence family.Along the way, he and Claire fought side by side, bound by life and death, feelings growing between them. He also faced Jack—the previous generation’s top soldier, now fallen, selling his honor to guard criminals just to keep his failing body alive. Ethan crushed every obstacle until he stood before the cold, ruthless Wayne Lawrence. The final reckoning—justice against evil, no mercy left.
