He gave them everything. They took his life. Now he wants it all back. Betrayed by the woman he loved and the friends he trusted, wealthy humanitarian James Wood dies by poison, his murder orchestrated by eight people he once called family. But death isn’t the end. Reborn into the body of another child with his memories intact, James grows up sharper, wiser, and fuelled by vengeance. Now a doctor in the heart of a ruthless urban city, he finds himself face-to-face with the seven men, and the woman, who killed him. Only this time, he decides who lives and who dies.

In Blackgate City, the undocumented don’t exist, until they become useful. Thrown into the streets as a child with no birth record, no family, and no protection, Kairo Vale survives by listening more than he speaks and learning faster than the city expects. Crime syndicates, corrupt officials, and underground networks all circle him, each seeing something different: a pawn, a weapon, a mistake.