An unprecedented heat and humidity has fallen upon the city of Bridges. People are dying. Crops are failing. And the Inventors can't find the cause.

With all she's learned in our previous chapter, Jacqui has what she needs to unravel the conspiracy against the Four Families.

The plans that her old nemesis Jack Diamond has set into motion are all that stands in her way. She's ready to stop him.

Warning: Bad language, alcoholism, mental illness, animal abuse/death, smoking, gun violence, rioting, infidelity, sexual situations. This series centers a crime family and is intended for adults.

This is the eleventh chapter of a 13-part serial novel:

• The Jacq of Spades

• The Queen of Diamonds

• The Ace of Clubs

• The King of Hearts

• The Ten of Spades

• The Five of Diamonds

• The Two of Hearts

• The Three of Spades

• The Knave of Hearts

• The Four of Clubs

• The Jack of Diamonds

• Book 12 coming March 2026

• Book 13 scheduled for March 2028