Executioner's Lament

Cover to cover action in the sequel to the electrifying debut novel Every Dying Hour.A brutal firefight almost cost him his life. The man he killed may not have been the real villain he's hunting.Children are still being poisoned. His old partners are being attacked. He is being hunted.An executioner has doubts about his order. His apprentice steers him down a path of no return.Martin Aubrey will need help to uncover the truth. He'll find it in unexpected places. More blood will have to be spilled before it's all over.2043: New Aberdeen, Maryland, USA. Martin Aubrey leaves the hospital after recovering from a brutal firefight. Clues found at the scene of the battle lead him to believe the real terrorist is still out there.The police have written him off. He needs help and finds it in Malina Maddox, a hacker with an exceptional skill for finding the things people want to keep hidden. Together, they reignite the investigation into the sleeping sickness infecting children and the bombings that once plagued the city.Sarafina is an Apprentice in the Order of the Coppice learning the ways of the enigmatic group of state-sanctioned executioners. She and her Mentor explore a series of mysterious deaths in the Keep, a prison in the vast pine grove forests of western Maryland.Aubrey and Malina's investigation will lead them to confront killers of a different sort. It will also force them to work alongside the Order, whom Aubrey loathes.Where will it all lead?How many people have to die before the truth is exposed?Will the real killers meet justice?Continue the hunt! Join Martin Aubrey and the others as they descend down the rabbit hole.