Fear Meagher believes in his badge and he believes in his Irish heritage. He doesn't believe in political correctness or Liberal America. Then the only woman he's ever loved is murdered and his world is turned upside down. Fear's investigation leads him into a tangled and terrifying web of corrupt cops, vigilante assassins, and New York City's most powerful business and political figures, and he finds himself teamed up with the last person on earth he'd choose for a partner.
Carlyle Taylor - a black, female, journalist who thinks Fear's politics should get him thrown off the force - is at the same time everything Fear distrusts and the only help he has to solve the murder. Together, Fear and Carlyle are forced to confront new enemies capable of nightmarish evils and to seek the help of new allies from different worlds.
