When skilled assassin Jackson Cole meets with a news reporter, he’s thrust into the position of detective and guild enforcer all rolled into one. Finding a missing musician whose life is in grave danger becomes his top priority. The deeper Jackson digs into the investigation, the more peril he and his family faces. Suddenly, his guild’s bar and headquarters are the setting for a shootout, putting his own mother’s life in danger.

When Jackson discovers that one of his friends was also shot by the same gunman, Jackson knows time is running out for the missing woman. With the help of his crew and some unlikely allies from the badlands, he vows to take down the enemy who’s threatening them all.

Torn between his desire to be like his mother, the president, and his resistance to emulate his uncle, the lifelong gangster, Jackson battles with his own demons while searching for the vicious killer who wants them all dead. Will Jackson succeed in making the rescue and assassinating the murderer, or will this be the end of the guild?