Fade (Rusty Perfection, #1)

What is the value of a human life? How much would you pay to preserve it? Reputation? Security?

Detective Drake Fowler has lead more decontamination teams than he can count. Each of his missions have ended in a perfect success rate of total casualties. But being good at his job has the side-effect of rotting his confidence in his decisions. Each death is another chip away at the wall built around his conscience.

When he slips up the simple retrieval of an escaped psychiatric patient, he endangers the life of his partner, the reputation of his department, and his own usefulness on the force. Even though retirement is the inevitable end he signed up for, his steadfastness at facing that end begins to waver after meeting a stranger in his home and an unexpectant, string-heavy job offer.

As inconsistencies in his job and his relationships clash with increasing frequency, he may have to re-evaluate where his loyalty actually lies.