Read a detective story from the author of the world-famous series of novels about Artemis Fowl! Daniel McAvoy is a simple guy from Ireland who has had his fill of hard times in the war in Lebanon. After leaving military service, he moved to America in search of a quiet life. There, Daniel got a job as a bouncer in a small casino in New Jersey; The work is not dusty, but the pay is decent. But guys like him have no peace - they always attract all sorts of troubles to themselves. And when Daniel’s girlfriend was killed two steps from the casino, and at the same time his best friend disappeared without a trace, the Irishman realized that he couldn’t argue with fate. Forgetting about a quiet life, he immediately began searching for murderers and kidnappers - and immediately found himself in a monstrous hurricane of events completely independent of his will. Now retribution has faded into the background for him; the main thing is just to survive...