What were they doing with the children? A woman’s search for her lost child throws her into the arms of Conaire Gray, a deeply damaged former SpecialOps warrior whose days are tormented because of a past failure. Stalked by those who want the information this woman has obtained, and those from Gray’s past, who have visions of wealth and power far beyond the plight of lost children, Gray vows to put aside the quiet life he has made for himself and fight back against their combined forces. From the mansions of San Francisco to the hidden valley deep in the heart of the vast Idaho mountain wilderness, two people run for their lives, while they search for the answer. Can Gray and the woman who is seeking his help and protection survive long enough to find the children? And will they be in time? And who is the mysterious Madame Nguyen who holds the key?

No William, there is no time. Give this to him when he is old enough to understand. It is all I have to give him.” Without food or water, and with a child strapped to his back, William MacLeod searches for a way across the Mohave Desert in search of a route to the land called Alta California.

What if a child’s life is the payment for a failed Black Ops mission?

But that was years ago, and Conaire Gray has built himself a new life, even if the nightmares still haunt his nights. He has put away his guns and vowed never to pick them up again. Now a beautiful young girl and her mother are part of the new life he has built.
Until Emiliano Montoya, one of Mexico’s notorious drug cartel leaders, who has searched for the one responsible for his loss and humiliation, discovers Gray’s whereabouts. With his assassins awaiting his orders, Montoya has the child taken to bait the trap.
Can Gray call upon the blood of his Blackfoot ancestors, and put aside all of his promises, or will he run to save his own life?
This taut tale of murder and revenge can only end when someone dies. But who?