A Curse of Loyalty is a gripping psychological thriller about the lies we protect, the truths we fear, and the loyalties that can save us or destroy us. Brooks Forester, a freelance investigative writer, reveals chinks in the FBI's puzzling investigation, including his brother's involvement. Rowan O'Connor, the convicted mercenary, refuses to defend himself, exposing the raw nerves of blind devotion and loyalty, destroying the very people meant to be protected, and raising the main characters' own dilemmas and resolutions. O'Connor's attorney, Sammi Newhaven, helps Brooks retrace the investigation, which lays bare his biases ingrained in a lifetime of loyalty to his police-entrenched family. As they proceed, attempting to answer the motive for murder, the reader is drawn to sympathize with an assassin.