the Chronicles of Alex Stokes: Echoes in Blood: 1

Chicago was supposed to be just another consultation.After years hunting serial killers and surviving the horrors of the Shadow Stalker case, Detective Alex Stokes has become one of the most respected criminal investigators in the country. Haunted by his past and struggling to outrun the darkness that follows him, Stokes reluctantly agrees to assist the FBI on a disturbing new case involving ritualistic murders spreading across Chicago.But these killings are different.Bodies are being staged beneath bridges, inside abandoned churches, and deep within forgotten tunnels beneath the city. Cryptic symbols appear beside every victim. Online followers begin worshipping a mysterious figure known only as "The Heir." And as fear spreads through the streets, Stokes realizes the murders are not isolated acts of violence-they are part of something much larger.Something growing.As a fanatical cult emerges from the shadows and the line between mythology and reality begins to collapse, Stokes finds himself pulled into a nightmare unlike anything he has faced before. To stop the bloodshed, he must confront not only the killers hiding beneath the city, but also the imprisoned monster who started it all: David Pierce, the Shadow Stalker.Because some evil doesn't die.It evolves.Dark, cinematic, and relentlessly suspenseful, The Chronicles of Alex Stokes: Echoes in the Blood is a brutal psychological thriller about obsession, fear, and the terrifying power of belief.

Pagina's: 353, Paperback, Independently published