An elite marksman, helicopter sniper and former soldier, he knows how to stay calm when everything goes to hell. But when a ruthless cartel orders the assassination of four witnesses before its leader can stand trial, Mateo finds himself pulled into a war that has no rules—and no safe distance.
A military general. A police chief. A prisoner. A woman who knows too much.
Four targets. One cartel sniper determined to silence them.
What begins as a straightforward mission becomes a violent game of cat and mouse involving corrupt cops, prison riots, cartel gunmen, helicopter crashes, desperate civilians and one very complicated woman.
But Mateo's real problem isn't the cartel.
It's the line.
He tells himself there are things he will never do. Rules he will never break. People he will never hurt.
Then the rules start changing.
As the body count rises and the people around him become increasingly difficult to classify as either innocent or guilty, Mateo is forced to confront an uncomfortable
How far can you go to protect the people you love before you become the very thing you're fighting?
Fast, darkly funny and packed with action, The Line is a cartel thriller about loyalty, violence, love—and the dangerous space between justice and revenge.