A riveting new mystery that is a must read for fans of Lee Child and Walter Mosley! A dark conspiracy. A terrified town. One avenger. One unputdownable, action-packed thriller. 1971. Mississippi. A black man is dead. Others are missing. Those in power don’t care, and those that do care are too scared to do anything about it. Until Vietnam veteran Duke Gibbs comes into town to fulfill his buddy’s dying wish. What he finds is a town full of danger and a dark secret that threatens to destroy everyone in it. All the disappearances are connected. Someone is planning something. Something big. And they have the town’s authorities on their side – including sheriff Bankston, a hard case that takes an instant dislike to Duke. With powerful people pulling the strings and an assassin stalking him through the streets, Duke will have to use everything he knows to keep himself and those he cares about alive. But what his enemies don’t know is that Duke Gibbs is a dangerous man. One who will stop at nothing to get justice…