Ex-cop Skip Lacey gave in to the ghosts of his past long ago, trading his badge for drugs and vanishing into obscurity — until he’s found dead in a San Francisco rail yard, his face bashed in and his eyes gouged out. One by one, his former brothers-in-arms follow suit, their mutilated bodies scattered across the city. One man links them all, a bloodthirsty ex-con finally free to exact the revenge he’s plotted for so long . . .For years, homicide inspector Jane Candiotti sacrificed her personal life for the job. Now she’s finally ready to take her relationship with her partner and boyfriend Kenny Marks to the next level — but only if she lives long enough. Someone is killing cops, slowly, deliberately. Brutally. And unless Jane and Kenny can hunt down this unrelenting madman, they won’t be the last ones standing — they’ll just be the last to fall.