{"product_id":"the-serpents-order-9798900430676","title":"The Serpent's Order","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn assassin bound by obedience. A detective marked for death. A cartel war with no survivors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVon Schlange thought she'd escaped her past. Now Black Nova owns her-an elite, off-the-books task force where obedience is survival and failure means death. As their newest assassin, she's unleashed on targets tied to Jaxon Ryker, a drug lord buried deep in the Alaskan wilds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer partner, Xander Holt, a former Navy SEAL with ice in his veins, lives by the same brutal code: no attachments, no lines crossed. But as missions turn bloody, the fragile boundary between partner and lover begins to blur-and desire becomes its own kind of danger.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcross the country, Detective Anaya Nazario faces a nightmare of her own. A synthetic \"zombie drug,\" deadlier than fentanyl and immune to Narcan, is ripping through Los Angeles. Her investigation exposes a network of dirty cops shielding Ryker's empire-and puts a target squarely on her back.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo women on opposite fronts. One war against corruption and cartel power. And a single truth-every betrayal leaves a body behind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExplosive, unrelenting, and razor-sharp, The Serpent's Order propels the Serpent Series into its most dangerous chapter yet-where justice is a myth, and survival comes at a price paid in blood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oliver-Heber Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/10\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798900430676\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.79lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.77d","brand":"S. Z. Estavillo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52239283519669,"sku":"9798900430676","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_1fa81335-7aee-44cc-a0bd-070013cb7739.jpg?v=1770917587","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-serpents-order-9798900430676","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}