From the author of 'The Killer' and 'Black Waltz' - a hard-hitting revenge story that takes the reader on a cool, cruel rollercoaster ride from downtown Rio to the depths of the Amazon jungle. Maiquel is an ex-contract killer who's been a fugitive for ten years - ever since his girlfriend Erica ran off with his daughter, took up with an evangelical pastor and disappeared from his life. When his aunt dies, leaving him a house and a savings account, Maiquel has a fresh chance to find the lost world of his onetime family. Breaking all the rules in the book, including his own, he sets out on a relentless journey to seek revenge.