In a city owned by the Four Families, Constable Paix Hanger has advanced as high as he can. A hard-working twenty-year veteran relegated to walking a beat in the worst neighborhood of the worst precinct of the city, he resents the crime family which rules his quadrant, chafing at the restrictions placed on him by his superiors "for his own good". A boy who's a reminder of the son he might never have disappears and those who look for him begin dying. When the incompetent and corrupt detectives assigned to the case are unable or unwilling to act, Constable Hanger takes matters into his own hands. This companion story takes place during the same time frame as The Jacq of Spades: Part 1 of the Red Dog Conspiracy.

Drawing Thin








11



Lightner was on the wagon when Paix rode to the
station. Though the other Trainees chattered along, the young man
seemed subdued, withdrawn.

Paix yawned, amused.
He must
really not like mornings
. This life would cure Lightner of that
very quickly.

Where could David a...