Dead and Gone

Career criminal Burke, renowned for navigating the fringes of legality, finds himself entangled in a deadly ambush during a child-abduction deal, leading to the murder of his partner and his own near-fatal injuries. Rescued but forever altered by surgery, he escapes the hospital and embarks on a relentless quest for vengeance against those who betrayed him, drawing on his hidden past as a "child of the secret." His journey takes him from Chicago to the remote mountains of New Mexico, as he seeks to uncover the truth and reclaim his life.