Cleveland Belongs to the Mob… But the Hatchet Man Has Other Plans.

Cleveland, 1946. A man wakes up on the banks of the Cuyahoga River, clothed in nothing but a hospital gown and bloodstained bandages. No name. No memories. No past.

The only things rattling inside his fractured mind? Visions of a child’s drawings—a hatchet-wielding hero—and the haunting image of a beautiful woman, a beacon of light in the darkness.

As he struggles to recover, a deep, unshakable compulsion takes hold: the city is rotten with crime, and someone needs to pay. With nothing to lose and rage burning in his veins, he becomes the Hatchet Man, carving a bloody path through Cleveland’s brutal underworld, determined to take down the men who destroyed him—even if he doesn’t know why.

Every fight, every fallen gangster brings him closer to the truth. But the mob won’t go down without a war. Standing in his way is a ruthless crime boss with an army of killers, a city bought and paid for, and secrets buried deep in the alleys and speakeasies of postwar Cleveland.

To uncover his past, he must survive the present. To lose is to die—but to win might cost him his soul.

A relentless, hard-hitting pulp noir thriller, Hatchet Man is packed with gritty action, ruthless criminals, and a relentless antihero who won’t stop until the truth—or death—catches up with him. Perfect for fans of Mickey Spillane, Dashiell Hammett, and classic revenge-fueled crime fiction.

He doesn’t remember his name—but Cleveland’s underworld will never forget the Hatchet Man.