THE FIRST RULE

Frank Meyer had got out of ' the life' safely. He had put an end to hismercenary days, turned over a new leaf and settled down with his wife andchildren. It had been a hard decision but, encouraged by his boss andfriend Joe Pike, he had walked away.Ten years later, a group of armed men break into his Los Angeles home andbrutally gun down him and his family. It's a vicious, cold and professionaljob. The crew leave no trace behind except the bodies.But they have made one catastrophic, and almost certainly terminal, mistake- Joe Pike. Because Pike is now determined to hunt down and eliminateeveryone involved in the attack, one by one. And it doesn't matter that, ashe starts to investigate, he discovers that these criminals are bigger andbetter organised than he ever could have imagined, because they are aboutto learn the first rule...Don't make Joe Pike mad... Joe Pike is out for revenge and no cop, no badguy, no one alive, is going to stop him.