It isn’t long after Sonny Bonds is promoted to the homicide department that Jessie Bains escapes from prison seeking revenge on everyone who put him behind bars. Bonds must protect not only his own life, but his girlfriend Marie from THE VENGEANCE OF BAINS.

With vicious cult killings, a raving madman, and a new drug regime threatening Lytton, Bonds is faced with his greatest fear: his wife Marie is stabbed and lays in a coma. Will Bonds be able to keep his cool and solve the brutal mysteries of THE KINDRED?

The action moves to Los Angeles, where Detective John Carey must find the link between the murder of his partner and a string of mutilation murders. It’s OPEN SEASON when a serial killer is one step ahead of the investigation.