Hardened

Investigative reporting rule #1: You could get someone killed. Investigative reporting rule #2: Someone may want to kill you. There is a game being played. The winners gain power, control and wealth. The losers sorrow, misery, and death. The puppeteers wish to remain anonymous. Greed is the fuel, and the only rule: Do whatever it takes. With the cost of living increasing, the criminal world is growing. Human trafficking is growing with it. After successfully publishing an article exposing a corrupt Mayor Collins administration, reporter Luke Harden is approached by Gina Rose, a victim of sex trafficking. With nowhere else to turn, she gives him a lead on his next story, her trafficker's name. His investigation sends him down a rabbit hole exposing a massive powerful network including cartels, police, and elected officials who will do anything to keep their operations concealed.