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An election is approaching, and people connected to members of the outgoing government need to get rid of troublesome entrepreneurs. Another bloody massacre takes place at the Capone pizzeria in Dunajská Streda, this time a six-member group from the Rózsa mafia gang is gunned down. However, among the two random victims is Jana, who is going through a marital crisis with Adam at the time.

The case is taken on by Adrián, a young detective from Bratislava and Adam's former classmate and friend. Adam is kept informed of the results, but he cannot come to terms with the state of the investigation and decides to take justice into his own hands.

A grim, nerve-wracking thriller about the intertwining of organised crime, the business world, and high politics, full of tension, sex, power, violence, and unexpected revelations. Can a lone avenger right the wrongs?

Martin Jurík (1973, Bratislava) has been published and lived in Germany and Slovakia. He has written the novels Till Death Do Us Part, Harlequin, the steampunk sci-fi Project Zenta, and the dystopian novel 2084. He is also the author of the satirical fantasy series Cinnamon Tree.