I, michael bennett - james patterson

Police officers shot .

judges murdered .

and Detective Michael Bennett is the killers next target.

Detective Michael Bennett arrests an infamous Mexican crime lord in a deadly chase that leaves Bennetts lifelong friend dead.

From jail, the prisoner vows to rain epic violence down upon New York City-and to get revenge on Michael Bennett.

To escape the chaos, Bennett takes his ten kids and their beautiful nanny, Mary Catherine, on a much-needed vacation to his familys cabin near Newburgh, New York.

But instead of the calm and happy town he remembers from growing up, they step into a nightmare worse than they could have ever imagined.

Newburgh is an inferno of warring gangs, and theres little the police-or Bennett-can do to keep the children safe.

As violence overwhelms the state, Bennett is torn between protecting his hometown and saving New York City.

A partner in his investigations, federal prosecutor Tara McLellan, brings him new weapons for the battle-and an attraction that endangers his relationship with Mary Catherine.

A no-holds-barred, pedal-to-the-floor, action-packed novel, I, Michael Bennett is James Patterson at his most personal and most thrilling best.