Jason Hawkins is still new to being Lethal. By day, he's an Oxford-educated engineer helping shape the future of American automotive design. By night, he's a disciplined, non-lethal vigilante carving out a reputation across Detroit-one built on fear, precision, and restraint. Just months after his biggest victory-bringing down former Marine turned drug kingpin Giovanni "Jefe" Davis-Jason is still figuring out what it means to protect a city that doesn't play by his rules. When Giovanni avoids prison and is quietly placed in a psychiatric facility, it leaves behind a dangerous vacuum that begins to collapse in on itself.
That vacuum ignites a brutal turf war. The powerful Reynolds family, led by the calculating Valerie Reynolds, moves aggressively to seize control of Giovanni's former empire, while his loyalists-Tommy Vargas and sisters Serena and Lexi Hernandez-fight to hold what remains. Behind the scenes, Nicole "NV" Visser, Jason's former lover and a master of disguise and deadly toxins, begins orchestrating a far more dangerous play: freeing Giovanni and reshaping Detroit's criminal hierarchy in the process. As alliances shift and violence escalates, Jason is pulled deeper into a conflict that is quickly outgrowing his ability to contain it.
Then the killings start. A masked, theatrical serial killer emerges, targeting victims tied to the city's escalating war-and to Jason's personal life. As the lines between protector, target, and symbol begin to blur, Jason is forced to confront the limits of his code. In a city demanding blood, his refusal to kill may not be enough to stop what's coming. To save Detroit, he must decide whether Lethal can remain a man-or if he's already become something far more dangerous.
The follow-up to the critically acclaimed CHOICES, Lethal: Curtains Up is a non-stop, heart-pumping, adrenaline-fueled thriller with heart at its center. You won't want to miss this latest installment of the Detroitverse.