Urban Waite has been compared to Cormac McCarthy and Thomas Harris and is one of the most talented young writers to be published this year. Sheriff Drake is on drug-smuggler Hunt's trail when a big drug deal in the mountains goes awry, beginning a terrifying race against time. Although Hunt evades Drake's attempts at capture the traffickers soon unleash a merciless hired killer to reclaim what's theirs. As the chase closes in and loyalties are tested, Drake's quest for justice contends with a hitman's quest for blood, and Hunt must face a terrible choice...