Alan Riske: 2 books

They said it was suicide. He doesn't believe a word of it. Frustrated newspaper editor Marcus Cockburn has nothing to report from inside the near-abandoned quarantine... except for the contempt he holds for his career. But when his secret lover is murdered, the fragile burnout throws...

The fire that killed Jack’s mother, daughter and wife is still licking at his heels ten years on. Now a reluctant mercenary in a decrepit city of men clinging to the old way, Jack is little more than a killer playing sheriff to the city’s paranoid ruler. But one night tips the scales too...