Overtime: The Ballad of Marcus Graves

In a city where dreams are currency and souls are collateral, Marcus Graves was supposed to be a lawyer. Instead, he's L.A.'s most coveted high-ticket cocaine courier and a Mexican cartel's golden boy, servicing Hollywood's elite with chemical courage and temporary salvation.But when his volatile partner, the tortured and impulsive Buddy, loses $168,000 worth of cartel product, Marcus is given a deadline: recover the stash by sunrise… or become another forgotten headline in the City of Angels.What follows is a nightlong descent through the underworld that made him: crooked club owners, off-kilter trust-fund freaks, cartel triggermen, and an old friend who knew him before his client list resembled a Deadline article and the product came shrink-wrapped.Every deal, every betrayal, every second counts.As the hours burn and the noose tightens, Marcus is forced to confront what he's really running from—and if there's anything left in him worth saving.