He's deadly and dangerous. A quick and clean assassin. But he's burned out and ready to quit. Trained by a government agency with no name, Layne Parrish can snap a neck with one hand. But tea parties and cartoons with his three-year-old daughter is where his priorities are. After retiring to the mountains of Colorado for a simpler life, Layne thought that perilous world was behind him. He was wrong—dead wrong. When his former boss begs for his expertise, Layne knows he has one mission: Eliminate an assassin to save a life. It's a job he can't refuse. This particular assassin is a ghost from his past—a murky past he wants destroyed. But when Layne picks up his pistol for the last time, will his plan backfire?

Children sold into slavery. A mysterious puppet-master pulling the strings. Can Layne foil those plans? Layne Parrish wants to leave the spy game behind, but an opportunity pulls him back in. The prospect of human beings bought and sold like cattle—kids, no less—is enough to make him unearth his pistol and his passport. In order to uncover the ringleader and expose this vicious syndicate of human traffickers, Layne will infiltrate a benign-looking meditation retreat center and pose as a regular guest. But he’s not there to relax. He will chase leads and use all the tradecraft at his disposal to reveal the truth. He soon learns it’s not that easy. All around him, people keep turning up dead. The ones he thinks responsible may not be involved at all. As Layne digs deeper and hunts for the truth, the rules of the game continually change. If Layne can’t stop the mastermind and break up the trafficking ring, the cost will be more than a failed mission. Innocent lives will vanish into the slipstream.

When a vast conspiracy leaves innocent lives in danger, he can't sit idly by... After a sniper's bullet murders a teenager, retired spy Layne Parrish launches a personal investigation. But when his former government handler tells him to stay away, he refuses, not letting injustice flourish. Some secrets should remain unknown... Flying solo this time, Layne uncovers a dangerous and deep conspiracy. When clues lead him to a man running a halfway house in Colorado, Layne discovers that it's a front for a vicious criminal organization. As he goes undercover and inserts himself into the criminal's life, he builds a rapport with the enemy, hoping to uncover the truth. What he discovers is more sinister than he could have imagined. Now, it's up to Layne to stop their grand plan. But will Layne pay a price higher than he ever bargained for?

Retired assassin Layne Parrish wants to be left alone to raise his daughter. The enemies he’s created over his career have other plans. When his best friend is kidnapped, Layne knows this computer hacker won’t do well in captivity. Harry is a Dungeons and Dragons nerd, not a trained operative. Time’s running out, because the kidnapper has given Layne only 48 hours to turn over a confidential government dossier in exchange for Harry’s life. A dossier that no longer exists. Without the ransom or clues, Layne has only two days to find his friend … but will he find him alive?

Retired Assassin Layne Parrish is used to people around him disappearing. But, when his old partner Jonah—who's been missing for six years—shows up while Layne is on vacation with his family, Layne sees a deeper conspiracy. Jonah now claims he doesn’t know Layne. Somewhere, there's a puppet master pulling the strings. Layne launches a deadly cat-and-mouse game to save Jonah from the man trying to control him. Because if that man exposes their dark secrets, thousands could perish.