the Hidden Order: A War Beneath Surface; Power Above City

The truth did not set them free. It made them targets. After a series of brutal attacks leaves one Coalition leader dead and others forever changed, Maya Washington, Lorraine Washington, Jahari, and Johnathon realize the violence spreading through Chicago's Southland is not random crime-it is organized, deliberate, and expanding. A biker syndicate known as Black Halo has emerged from the shadows, moving through abandoned properties, industrial corridors, and forgotten spaces between city lines. They feed. They recruit. They kill. But they are not acting alone. Something else is guiding them. As Iron Wolf-secretly Chicago Police Chief Malik Thompson-struggles to contain infiltration within his own department, the family begins uncovering patterns buried beneath decades of municipal records, hospital archives, and sealed investigations. The deeper they dig, the clearer it becomes: this network has existed far longer than anyone suspected, quietly shaping leadership, infrastructure, and power throughout the region. Meanwhile, Jahari and Johnathon race to complete a dangerous experimental serum-one capable of reversing recent transformations. If it works, it could save those who have been turned. If it fails, it could start a war they cannot survive. When Coalition intelligence leads them to an abandoned high-end club on Doty Road-now secretly used by Black Halo-the group launches a calculated assault with the help of a local priest who believes these creatures are not myth, but predators that have hunted this region for generations. The battle that follows is violent, public, and impossible to explain away. And it proves one terrifying fact: Black Halo is not the enemy. Black Halo is only the front line. As alliances tighten and the city itself becomes a battleground, the family begins to suspect that an unseen authority is directing events from within the very government they are trying to protect. They don't yet know who it is. They don't yet know how far it reaches. But they know this- The war for Illinois has already begun. And they are standing in the middle of it.

Pages: 403, Paperback, Independently published