Lucas Rocha didn’t know he’d be a reluctant hero.
He never meant to become a drug dealer either. But when he picks the wallet of vacationing DEA Agent Daniel Burke, Lucas becomes a pawn in the battle between Rio’s drug cartel and lawmakers’ attempts to bring them to justice. The lives of these two strangers quickly become permanently – and dangerously – intertwined when Lucas is asked to infiltrate the cartel and navigate the deathly politics of its powerful drug lords. Hell-bent on beating the odds and escaping alive, Lucas not only survives but begins to rise in the cartel’s ranks. Life on the inside is dangerous, but there’s power, protection, and money. The temptation is great for one who comes from so little.
Nor did he know this nobody could be a somebody someday….
Renegade Pawn
The military police are hunting him. Rio de Janeiro’s most feared drug lord wants him dead. Lucas is caught in the middle while desperately trying to save his younger sisters, one of whom is critically wounded.
Daniel, a DEA agent on leave after a Boston drug bust gone bad, is vacationing in Rio to learn about his birth family. But all he’s uncovered are the grim realities of life in the favelas.
Now it’s Lucas’ turn to rescue Daniel. But as a fugitive who’s caught in the crossfire, how can he possibly succeed?
Crossfire Fugitive
Lucas Rocha has become the right hand to Rio de Janeiro’s most feared drug lord, Dez. But Dez is incarcerated, awaiting trial for multiple crimes. Money is no longer a problem for Lucas; staying alive is. Rival gangs want him dead.
The one person who can help him, undercover DEA agent Daniel Burke, has returned to Brazil to rejoin the woman he loves. Daniel owes Lucas his life, but now his cover hangs in the balance. Lucas, meanwhile, is determined to leave the life of a journeyman drug lord behind.
But no one ever retires from a gang; death is the only way out. Now Lucas and Daniel must find a way to beat the odds.
Journeyman Drug Lord
Lucas Rocha has defied death many times in his rapid rise in Rio’s most powerful gang. But corrupt military police are brutally claiming favelas that have become valuable sites for the World Cup. Colombian cartels are battling for the same turf. Lucas and his sisters have nowhere to run.
DEA agent Daniel Burke’s undercover identity has been compromised. His enemies know his every move, and time is running out. Leaving Rio and the one he loves is the only way to keep her alive.
Lucas and Daniel are speeding out of control on a road to redemption or ruination, and Dez, the biggest drug lord in Rio, could be their only key to survival.