The Feeders walk among us … They sap our energy and cause sudden old age death.
If governments told people the terrifying truth, it would shatter the fabric of humanity.
Frank Hram is a high-stakes financial consultant by day, but by night, he is a Covenant Keeper. His secret mission: hunt and kill rogue Feeders who violate an ancient pact not to kill.
It started innocently enough at Blink’s Bar. Frank recognizes a strikingly beautiful woman as a Feeder, and watches his acquaintance, Daniel Poole, leave with her. On Friday night a week later, Dan came up and Frank did not recognize him. The man looked sixty—a victim of a rogue Feeder’s deadly indulgence, and Frank knew he must kill the woman. He executes cold justice by arranging a seemingly innocent date, then drains her, paying her back in kind.
Detective Nadala Robinson, newly assigned to Taskforce Crimson, is hunting the killer of a small-time criminal, Lenny the Finger, one of taskforce’s informers and a rogue feeder. Her boss suspected the Covenant got to him. He also tasks her to investigate the mysterious, rapid aging death of Daniel Poole. She soon finds her common denominator—Frank Hram. As the investigation deepens, Nadala struggles with a dangerous conflict of interest: professional objectivity and a powerful infatuation with her prime suspect.
In this gripping thriller, a secret war is fought in the shadows, and the line between justice and obsession threatens to unravel the fabric of civilization. Will Detective Robinson expose the truth, or will Frank’s world consume her?
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2023 Book & Shelf Awards Honorable Mention
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Read Stefan Vučak’s collection of hard science fiction noverls in the Shadow Gods Saga, and view his other books.
