THE ALMEIDA BROTHERS
A Life Stolen, A Family Found
He was convicted of killing his own brother.
He was innocent.
And the truth was buried with the dead.
Marcus Almeida is a former Army paratrooper whose life is destroyed when he is sentenced to prison for the murder of his brother—a crime he did not commit.
Inside Blackwater Prison, Marcus discovers a world governed by violence, corruption, fear, and men who have nothing left to lose. Bullied and constantly tested, he has every reason to fight back. But Marcus refuses to kill. One more death could mean a longer sentence—or destroy the last piece of himself he still has.
Then he meets Frank the Skunk, the prison's terrifying and utterly unpredictable boss, along with Johnny Three Fingers, a corrupt guard with a talent for smuggling contraband, and an old prisoner who seems to know far more about Marcus's past than he should.
And then comes the map.
A mysterious map pointing across the Atlantic to the Azores.
What begins as a desperate search for freedom becomes something far greater: a hidden fortune, a buried family secret, a conspiracy stretching back years, and the shocking truth about the brother Marcus was accused of killing.
But escaping Blackwater is only the beginning.
Because freedom has a price.
And someone is willing to kill to make sure Marcus never discovers the truth.
