DECLAN

70% of human trafficking victims come from Mexico, with 50% of those being minors: FACT
More than 138 journalists have been murdered in Mexico since 2010: FACT
In 2010, one former federal agent, with the help of an American photojournalist, made it his mission to rescue as many children as possible and bring them home. In the process, he nearly destroyed two of Mexico’s most brutal cartels: FICTION ~
 
Or is it?

Declan O’Donnell had done this a thousand times, but that never made it any easier on his heart. It was his fervent wish that, one day, the ugliness of the drug wars and the exploitation of victims of greed and corruption would be a thing of the past. Until then, he would do what he did best.

When Ben Drake approached him about locating and rescuing a missing boy, he didn’t hesitate. If he had been able to foresee the result of that meeting, it might not have changed anything, but at least he would have been better prepared to meet his future – or his funeral – head on.

Ailene O’Mara, a woman born literally from his dreams, needs his help to recover her sister and four-year-old nephew from one of the most brutal cartels in Mexico. And though infiltrating a cartel and starting a war wasn’t necessarily his team’s area of expertise, he just couldn’t see any way to avoid his destiny, even if he wanted to