Red Hummingbird kicks off the explosive Michael Alvarez series with a blend of gritty realism, emotional stakes, and a plot ripped from today's headlines. When DEA agent Michael Alvarez's girlfriend collapses after eating a cookie from a beloved L.A. bakery, he uncovers a chilling truth - the pastries are laced with a new designer drug called Red Hummingbird. The bakery is a cartel front, and its product is killing people quietly, one bite at a time. At the center of it all is Mateo "La Sombra" Sánchez, a ruthless trafficker with officials in his pocket and an empire that thrives on silence and fear. Even after Alvarez brings him down using RICO, La Sombra continues to run Las Águilas from inside a maximum-security prison in Florida. What begins as a personal vendetta spirals into a deeper war, one that forces Alvarez to choose between the system he serves and the justice he demands.
