"Hiawatha Bray turns his considerable talents to fiction--and the result is an unforgettable main character, an authentic look at Boston, and a pageturner of a story. ...Do not miss this realistic, compelling, and heartbreaking thriller. "

--- Hank Phillippi Ryan, USA Today Bestselling Author

"Technology and violence, suffused with old-time religion. "Power in the Blood" is a thrill from first page to last."

- Alex Beam, author of American Crucifixion

Journalist Weldon Drake is drawn into the biggest and bloodiest story of his career when Astrid Nelson, a beautiful and brilliant computer scientist, is nearly murdered inside his African-American Baptist church.

In his quest for the truth, Drake faces off against a renowned and ruthless MIT professor, an international band of hackers plotting the biggest financial heist in history, and a brutal team of enforcers.

But Drake also discovers the most unexpected conspiracy of all -- a secret society of powerful black men, hidden in the heart of the church, who have quietly tampered with history for nearly 150 years.