Sam Bass is tall and lanky, loves old western movies, wears cowboy boots, and drives a beat-up Jeep Wrangler. He's a hot-shot pilot running a shoestring charter business on remote Ocracoke Island, and he has a gorgeous girlfriend, Valerie, a Cherokee widow with a young son.
When Sam risks everything to help rescue a couple lost at sea in a storm, he gets publicity he definitely doesn't need.
The Cowboy, as he's known to certain dangerous people, has been located and a hit team is dispatched to take care of unfinished business. Sam, Valerie, and her son are suddenly the focus of evil. Their world erupts with violence. and the only response is a trail of vengeance as ancient as the ghosts of the smoky Mountain Cherokees.
The debut novel in the John Hardin suspense series.