To the big money players and frantic party girls of the late-night club scene, Alejandro Monahan is the romantic half-Irish, half-Tarascan Mexican ballad singer. When three cops lie dead, brutally executed by the Cleopatra syndicate, the NYPD enrolls its secret weapon in its war against drugs, Alejandro himself.
Aware that a single mistake will kill him instantly, Alejandro nevertheless begins a perilous and utterly fascinating journey to the poisoned heart of the Cleopatra syndicate. He soon encounters the two most important in his life: one represents love, a lethal liability, the other is even deadlier, her name is Cleopatra.