When a broke overseas university student agrees to smuggle cocaine sewn into his winter coat, he's only thinking of the seven thousand euros he desperately needs-not the blood price that will follow. Max thought it would be one quiet trip back home to Kenya. But when the drop-off turns into a double-cross, and a penknife replaces payment, he is forced to fight for his life-sparking a deadly chain of events that drags his entire family into the shadows of a global drug cartel. Now, hunted by ruthless enforcers and haunted by the violent death of his father, Max must become something else entirely to survive. From the alleys of his home city to sugarcane plantations hiding blood-stained secrets, vengeance is his only language-and justice will not come quietly. But across the ocean, in Mexico, Manuel, a cold, calculating drug lord, is watching. He lost more than money. He lost people. To him revenge is a dish best served under African soil. A heart-pounding thriller of loyalty, betrayal, and blood debts, this novel grips from page one and never lets go. The war has just begun.