First published 1998
Chicago Police Superintendent stands at the center of a storm brewing in 1969. Two Black Panthers lie dead after a police operation goes wrong. His brother, a street cop consumed by resentment over his sibling's success, sees opportunity in the chaos. The deaths spark investigations that threaten to expose secrets both brothers have kept buried. As media attention intensifies and community anger rises, the superintendent must navigate department politics while his jealous brother's actions grow increasingly unpredictable. Their family watches helplessly as decades of rivalry and competition transform into something far more dangerous. The police force itself becomes a battleground where loyalty wars with justice, and where two men who share blood discover they may share nothing else that matters.
Genres: american-fiction, 20th-century, african-american, mystery, crime, police
Vibes: dark, emotional, fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, family-drama, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Chicago
Period: 1969
301 pages · Hardcover · Forge
Content warnings: racism, violence