Evil Stryker

In the lawless town of Egalitaria, Neville Stryker is drawn into a violent web of power and revenge when Morgan Bickford, a fiery and relentless woman with secrets of her own, hires him to recover her stolen assets. Stryker agrees—reluctantly. But he soon realizes the job is dirtier than it seemed, and Morgan's enemies might be more dangerous than his.

Senator George Hearst has hired former Major Neville Stryker to collect on a bet. Hearst won the San Francisco Examiner in a poker game and wants to give the paper to his son, William, but the owner is reluctant to settle the debt. Hearst enlists Stryker’s unique, persuasive skills. Letters have worn off the stamped name on the saddle skirt of the ex-officer, and what remains best fits the man. Evil Stryker.

When Senator George Hearst taps Neville Stryker for another off-the-books job, it leads him straight to the gutted remains of the Mark Hopkins Mansion—once a crown jewel of Nob Hill, now a crime scene soaked in silence. The tenants, the Bosworth family, have vanished, their blood staining the marble, their bodies nowhere to be found. Locals whisper the place is cursed. Haunted. But Stryker knows better. Evil wears many masks, and not all of them are dead. Inside the mansion’s decaying splendor, strange things stir—phantoms of the past, secrets buried deep beneath velvet and stone.