The Heart of an Assassin (The Assassin Trilogy, #1)

A young boy growing up on the streets of New York City, Tyler is exposed to both the good and bad of urban life.

His future is determined by his relationship with a stranger, a drive by shooting, an uncle (a police officer) who ends up raising him and a crime family who inadvertantly triggered an act of revenge by a lone assassin.

Twenty years later his thirst to make things right overshadow his need to fight crimes that take lives as easily as swatting flies.

He joins the police force and is ...