In 2025 Star City, corruption festers beneath polished campaign speeches and neon skylines. After three years of fighting from the shadows, Oliver Queen has become a symbol of vengeance and justice as the Green Arrow, leading a tight-knit team of vigilantes—John Diggle, his trusted second-in-command and ex-Marine; Roy Harper, the hotheaded new recruit and Protege known as Speedy; Felicity Smoak, the brilliant tech expert guiding them from behind the screens; and Dinah Drake, the fierce and morally grounded Black Canary. When a violent assassination attempt rattles the city, Team Arrow discovers a deadly threat stalking the streets—Malcolm Merlyn, the infamous Dark Archer, long thought dead, has returned to exact vengeance on Harley Stevens, a rising mayoral candidate who once destroyed his life in a corrupt election.
As Merlyn’s warpath escalates into public chaos, Oliver faces a crisis of morality unlike any before. Every arrow loosed brings him closer to a man he once admired—and now must destroy. The hunt pushes Star City into open warfare, drawing out political rot, buried secrets, and the dark side of vigilantism itself. As alliances strain and blood is spilled, Green Arrow must decide whether justice can exist without mercy, or if vengeance has already claimed his soul. Brutal, grounded, and emotionally charged, Green Arrow: Dark Reign is a gritty, R-rated descent into the cost of heroism in a city that eats its own.
