"Timely and engaging." —Kirkus Reviews

“Eriq La Salle has crafted a pitch perfect thriller that  conjures the tension of a city at a boiling point. Laws of Annihilation is an exploration of racial conflict and personal turmoil and will have you flipping the pages at record speed. A startling and shocking and astute entry into the genre.” ​
—Ivy Pochoda, author of Wonder Valley and Sing Her Down

With grit, relentless action, and twists you'll never see coming, Laws of Annihilation is the third installment in the highly acclaimed Martyr Maker crime fiction series from actor, director, producer, and award-winning author Eriq La Salle.

A war is brewing in New York City, and nobody can stop it.

It's summer in New York City, and a sweltering heat wave stifles the area. The entire city is on edge.

Tensions between the Hasidic and Black communities of New York have been steadily escalating since a tragic incident a few weeks ago left a Black teenager dead. Then, two rabbis are killed in a gruesome attack at their synagogue. 

Meanwhile, FBI agent Janet Maclin has dreams of finally being appointed the FBI's first female director, when she is diagnosed with stage IV cancer and given four months to live. While keeping her illness a secret, she is assigned to help NYPD detectives Quincy Cavanaugh and Phee Freeman solve the case of the murdered rabbis as more hate crimes threaten a city on the brink. As the body count mounts, time is running out for Maclin in more ways than one.

Also in the Martyr Maker series:

Laws of Depravity

Laws of Wrath