Roy Marshall Bücher

Set against the backdrop of a horrific 1912 crime in the Midwest, the narrative unfolds around the brutal murder of eight individuals, including six children, with an ax. Initial investigations by law enforcement falter, leading to private detectives stepping in. Tensions escalate when Detective James Newton Wilkerson implicates a prominent state senator, igniting a fierce community conflict. The plot thickens with the shocking confession of a disturbed minister, revealing the dark undercurrents of power, morality, and societal upheaval.

For Charley Willey, editor of the Lewis Standard, things were not going well. He was sick, he was going blind, and his paper was losing money. The Iowa Highway Commission made him a promise, broke it, and forever diminished his town. The state had some making up to do. Willey, knowing his days of influence were dwindling, had a plan. To the State Board of Conservation he was willing to entrust the preservation of a southwest Iowa jewel-if they would take it. A bad situation was soon to get worse.

Jason Wolfe, a top agent for a covert government organization, is tasked with dismantling the rogue group Force Ten and its leader, Alexis Zarnof, whose ambitions threaten global annihilation. This mission marks Wolfe's return after being sidelined by his obsession with avenging his family's death at Zarnof's hands. Alongside his skilled team members—an explosives expert and a criminologist—Wolfe must navigate the high stakes of their assignment, where the fate of humanity hangs in the balance, and failure is not an option.