"In the city of Houston - a sprawling, diverse microcosm of America - the son of a black mother and a Latino father is coming of age. He's working at his family's restaurant, weathering his brother's blows, resenting his older sister's absence. And discovering he likes boys. Around him, others live and thrive and die in Houston's myriad neighborhoods: a young woman whose affair detonates across an apartment complex, a ragtag baseball team, a group...

Zach Adams is one of the best detectives in the country. Nicknamed Cowboy, he's a soft-spoken homicide detective from Houston known for his integrity and courage under fire. He serves on a federal task force that has a single mission: to hunt down Dominic Abend, a European gangster who has taken over the American underworld. In a centuries old forest, under a full moon, a beast assaults him, cursing him forever... transforming him into something deadly.......

Emily has relocated to Houston, but when she finds out that she's been working for the attorney who defended her husband's killer, the discovery nearly destroys her friendships. Meanwhile, at an elite gym, "killer workout" takes on a whole new meaning.