The Black Ghost

The Black Ghost: Death From Above

Sumlin, Tennessee, appears to be a city on the rise, with new construction. Clean press conferences. Promises of safety and progress.

Behind the scenes, it is rotting.

For three years, a masked vigilante known only as the Black Ghost has hunted the city’s most violent criminals from the shadows, dismantling operations the police refuse to touch. Disciplined, precise, and relentless, he is not a hero seeking praise—he is a soldier enforcing a line that the system has erased.

When a major crime is quietly tied to assets owned by the city’s powerful mayor, the truth begins to surface. A private construction empire is being used to launder money, move weapons, and authorize violence through a brutal organization known as the Red Knights Group. As Detective Anna Harris follows the paper trail and the Black Ghost applies pressure from the streets, their separate investigations begin to converge.

But when evidence reveals that the murder of a beloved pastor years earlier was not random—and names the killer—control fractures. Vengeance resurfaces. Discipline erodes. And the war escalates from exposure to survival.

The Black Ghost: Death From Above is a grounded vigilante thriller about corruption, grief, and the cost of justice in a city where power decides who lives quietly—and who is made an example of.

The storyline, character names, and plot all came from the author. The author thoroughly edited the content before publishing it on Royal Road and other platforms.

New chapters will be published on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.

Series Status & Reading Order

Book 1: Death From Above — [COMPLETED] (Chapters 1-12)

Book 2: AI Terrorism — [COMPLETED] (Chapters 1-12)

Book 3: Dead Protocol — [Completed] (Chapters 1-13)

Book 4: Rule of the Conductor-[Completed] (Chapters 1-21)

Book 5: Shadow Doctrine-[Completed] (Chapters 1-24)

Book 6: West Sumlin Nights- {Now Updating} (New Chapters Weekly)

Note to New Readers: The Black Ghost is an interconnected vigilante thriller. If you’re just joining us, start with Book 1: Chapter 1 to follow the full conspiracy from the beginning!

Advanced chapters are released at least three times a week on the Strike 7 Network Patreon Page.