David Kurzhal

In a world teetering on chaos, elite assassin John Rico is the go-to solution when the government wants threats removed-quietly and permanently. But when a mission goes sideways, he's given one last shot at redemption: track down and eliminate Mason Ryker, the final ghost of the feared underground unit known as The Order of the Dragon. As Rico's mission leads him to a small, danger-ridden town in Serbia, the lines between good and evil begin to blur. Is Ryker the monster he's made out to be, or is there a deeper conspiracy at play? What begins as a black-and-white hit spirals into a moral storm-and time is running out.

When Karate champion Michael Rivers wins the last tournament of his career, shady businessman Ron Hall offers him the opportunity to fight in an illegal Kumite in Bulgaria against the world’s best martial artists. When Michael declines, Hall has his daughter kidnapped and, in order to rescue her, Rivers is left with no choice but to compete in the deadly tournament. Arriving in Bulgaria, he finds out that he is not the only fighter whose loved one was taken. Rivers enlists the help of trainers Master Loren, and Julie Jackson but will it be enough for him to win the tournament and save his daughter’s life?