Humboldt County

"The system is broken. Maybe it was always broken. The only thing that matters now is winning."

Morgan Day spent twenty-five years in the shadows of black sites and border wars, telling his family he was just "counting toilet paper" for the government. But when he returns to the Tennessee River bottoms for his father's funeral, the tactical skills he spent a lifetime perfecting are the only things that can save what's left of his bloodline.

A Murder Without a Killer
Sheriff Emmett Day was a righteous man who spent thirty-five years protecting Humboldt County. The official story says he died in a murder-suicide at the hands of a local farmer. Morgan knows the truth: his father was ambushed and framed to protect a rot that goes deeper than the river mud.

A County Under Siege
From the opioid-choked hollows of Baker to the polished pews of New Life Covenant Church, the county is being eaten alive. Backed by a Mexican cartel and a corrupt department wearing his father's badge, Pastor Vernon Tuttle and the Hausers have built an empire on the bodies of the forgotten.

The Only Way Out is Through
With his uncle beaten into a coma and his allies being picked off one by one, Morgan realizes that warrants and evidence won't win this war. To find the truth buried in his father's secrets, he must pin on a badge and become the kinetic weapon the government trained him to be.

In Humboldt County, the truth is like the river-it carries a lot of secrets, and it eventually swallows everything.