One morning in Los Angeles, Nate Overbay—a divorced former solider suffering from PTSD and slowly dying from ALS — goes to an eleventh-floor bank, climbs out of the bathroom window onto the ledge, and gets ready to end it all. But as he's steeling himself, a crew of robbers bursts into the bank and begins to viciously shoot employees and customers. With nothing to lose, Nate confronts the robbers, taking them out one-by-one. The last man standing leaves Nate with a cryptic warning.

Nate soon learns what that message meant. He is kidnapped by Pavlo, a savage Russian mobster and mastermind of the failed heist. Unable to break back into the bank to get the critical item inside, Pavlo gives Nate an ultimatum—break in and get what he needs or watch Pavlo slowly kill the one thing Nate loves most—his ex-wife Janie and his teenaged daughter Cielle—both lost when he came back from Iraq broken and confused. Now he's got one last chance to protect the people he loves, even if it's the last thing he is able to do. ( )

No parapeito de uma janela de banheiro no 11º andar do First Union Bank, Nate só tem mais um objetivo na vida - reunir a coragem necessária para saltar e acabar com os seus problemas.De repente, ele ouve tiros dentro do banco e, ao espiar o que está acontecendo, vê uma cena terrível - criminosos mascarados disparando cruelmente em qualquer um que se coloque em seu caminho. Enquanto sustenta o olhar de uma mulher agonizante, Nate toma uma decisão. Lançando mão de seu treinamento militar, ele consegue render e matar todo o grupo, exceto o seu líder. Antes de escapar, o homem deixa claro que ele se arrependerá de seu ato heroico. Ele está certo. Em poucos dias, Nate é sequestrado pela mafia ucraniana e recebe uma ameaça - precisa voltar ao banco e concluir a tarefa que os bandidos não puderam cumprir. Do contrário, sua ex-mulher - pela qual ainda é apaixonado - e a filha adolescente, que não o reconhece mais como pai, serão brutalmente assassinadas. Enquanto o tempo corre de maneira implacável e o prazo de Nate se aproxima do fim, ele luta não só para salvar as duas da morte, mas também para recuperar sua confiança e seu amor.

Ex-soldier Nate Overbay, suffering from ALS (Lou Gehrog's disease), is about to kill himself by jumping from an eleventh-floor ledge, when he decides to intervene in a bank robbery, killing all but one of the crew. Unfortunately, the crew was there to recover something valuable from a safety deposit box, and the Ukranian mobster, Pavlo threatens to kill Nate's teenage daughter Cielle slowly unless he recovers the item. Miraculously, Nate manages to avoid the FBI and get the better of the mobster, and his psychotic group of bodyguards and killers. Hurwitz should go back to writing his Tim Rackley novels. ( )

Excellent 'heart in throat' action book. I couldn't put it down. ( )

Nate Overbay, ready to end his cannot-be-won battle with ALS, prepares to jump from the eleventh-story ledge of the First Union Bank of Southern California. But gunshots from inside the bank derail his plan; Nate steps through a window into the carnage and ends up the hero of the day.

But the mastermind of the heist, thwarted in his efforts to retrieve a vital item, presents Nate with an execrable ultimatum. Nate will get the item Ukrainian mobster Pavlo Shevchenko wants or his estranged wife, Janie, and teenaged daughter, Cielle, will suffer slow, harrowing deaths. Can Nate deal with his PTSD, the relentless advancement of his ALS symptoms, and his need to secure this item at all costs, before his time runs out?

Nate’s struggles with himself, with the disease, and with the steps he must take to protect those he loves more than life itself combine to create a compulsive, gritty, violent, propulsive tale. The unfolding narrative exposes layer after layer of unexpected twists in a tale of moral dilemma, agonizing adversity, and hard-won triumph. Well-drawn characters and non-stop action make this book one readers are sure to find unputdownable. Don’t miss it.

Highly recommended. ( )