Let Eddie Pannoni -- Detective Ernie Lijoi, Sr.'s alter ego undercover cop extraordinaire, introduce you to a mixed bag of characters in this latest thriller. Mexican druglord Ernesto Adelanto, a/k/a The Surgeon wants to place a contract on the life of Detective Lijoi. Then there's Piper and Pigeon, dealers of narcotics and drugs; Cobra, the main connection to narcotics and gun dealers; and Chicken, a hooker who becomes an unwilling victim. Ernie and his team of fellow detectives challenge these illicit dealers, killers and traffickers such as Adelanto of Mexico, Leroy Watkins of Boston and Fraido Lucasie, who is connected to Vietnam, New York and Rhode Island. It's a fight to the finish between the good guys and the bad guys, and the bullets can't tell the difference.