Dak Harper's search for a pair of stolen artifacts leads a crime ring in a small town.
North Carolina, A thief waits for his buyer to arrive near a vacated rock quarry, but he and his partner get more than they bargained for from a sociopath with a financial stranglehold on the region.
After the artifacts disappear, and a mysterious murder, Dak Harper arrives on the scene to solve both.
His boss, an eccentric young millionaire with a passion for antiquities, has sent him to North Carolina to retrieve the artifacts--a set of Civil War pistols stolen from a museum. The legendary Samuel Colt made the guns for President Abraham Lincoln, but now they've vanished, and Dak only has a short window of time to find them before they're gone forever.
As he tracks his quarry, Dak learns a Southern tycoon’s interests stretch much further than stolen weapons. Turns out he’s holding an entire town hostage at the center of a sprawling crime syndicate. And innocent townsfolk are dying.
Armed with few weapons of his own, Dak must somehow fight through a county full of crooked cops and deadly mercenaries to erase a tyrant whose greed is matched only by his cruelty.
Only then can he find the guns, rescue the town, and maybe save himself.
This fast-paced crime thriller with thousands of 5-star reviews by USA Today bestselling author Ernest Dempsey will have you ripping through the pages as Dak Harper races to solve the mystery, recover the artifacts, and save a town from its oppressor.
