Natalia Reyes risks everything to smuggle her best friend’s son into the United States. But when she is apprehended by Border Patrol Agents, the young boy is ripped from her arms. She does everything in her power to find him, unaware that human traffickers are targeting immigrant children who have been separated from their families.

In a race against time, Natalia must find the boy before he is lost forever. As she follows his trail, she unwittingly becomes the target of the same group of traffickers. She wanders deeper into the wilderness, and the criminals close in. No one can protect her. And no one can save her.

But something else is hunting in the desert. Jarrod Hawkins, a genetically-enhanced vigilante, is pursuing the modern-day slavers. And he will show them no mercy.

Shadow of the Nightmare is a short story set between books four and five of the Dark Vigilante Series, and is available exclusively to Elite Readers (click the image to sign up for free).