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Cliff St. James, like the city of New Orleans, has taken his
share of hard knocks. First there was
the killer Hurricane that destroyed his hometown, ruined his mixed-martial-arts
dojo, and nearly bankrupted him. A
former cop, he narrowly escaped assassination at the hands of ruthless gangs
while solving his first murder case as a private eye. Now after rebuilding his
life, trouble has found him again.

While wrestling with guilt over having accidentally killed a
mixed-martial-arts opponent in a sparring session, St. James finds himself
assisting a police investigation into the apparent suicide of a U.S. government
“black projects” engineer. He and his
good friend Honey, now a homicide detective, quickly realize they have murder,
not suicide on their hands, and that the victim was much more than just an
engineer.

As they track the killer through the brackish, steamy under
belly of New Orleans, their allies become few, and their many opponents emerge
as powerful international forces intent on doing anything—including killing St.
James—to maintain the status quo of a shocking conspiracy.