Devon Ross was a television news reporter at the top-rated station in the number one market. He was serious about journalism, and he loved his work. Too much so for wife Elaine, who had left him two cities earlier. Her departure had raised questions for the reporter, which he'd not been able to answer with the women who had subsequently passed through his life. Which was why he focused on his work. Being the newest reporter on staff meant he had the early shift, and one frigid winter morning he was sent out to the furthest reaches of LaGuardia Airport where the police were pulling in a "floater" out of the Flushing Bay. No, the one was chained to another body. The reporter learned from the cops that the two were victims of the violent drug war that had long plagued New York. It was the beginning of a trail for Devon Ross that led through more killings to the top drug lords and a life-threatening climax.