Blood Laces

Soldier of Mercy. For Evan Cole, a troubled teenager, it's not just an online role-playing game—it's a way for him to become someone he can't be in real life. On the surface, the game is gritty and violent. But underneath, it's even more brutal. And what Evan doesn't realize is that if the game doesn't kill him, the ugly reality behind it might.


Jeni Cole has done everything she can to hold onto Evan. But everything she says and does only seems to drive him farther away. One night, after she catches him chatting with a suspicious stranger online, he disappears, and Jeni must do everything she can not only to find him but to keep him from spilling blood that will stain him for life.


Paul Rober has spent his life investigating hate crimes. First with the Southern Poverty Law Center, and now with the FBI. When a former colleague is found brutally murdered, he discovers that she was investigating an organization that uses online gaming to recruit new members. Desperate to track down her killers, Rober follows her down the same deadly rabbit hole, trying to prevent the hatred that led to her death from going viral and claiming more victims.