J. Todd Scott

A plane crashes in the wilds of a mountain forest. On it is a mysterious girl with an angry power. She was found by a conwoman on the run from mercenaries hired by a billionaire whom she stole from. Later they meet up with the current and former sheriffs. These four are on the run up and down the other side of the mountain chased by the mercenaries and a sinister presence they feel stalking them.

This wasn't exactly what I had expected as it turned out to be quite militaristic. This was about a veteran with PTSD, a Ponzi schemer, two sheriffs and had plenty of shootouts with various military-grade weapons. Not really my thing. But I do enjoy winter survival stories and that kept me interested. The plot wasn't exactly that exciting nor the mysterious presence included that much. It did keep me reading and the characters were full of flaws but actually likable. I especially liked Maggie, the conwoman. And I was surprised by who actually was left alive at the end. A decent read if this is your sort of thing.… (mer)

A departure from the authors 3 previous books that took place in western Texas. This one takes place in the authors home state of Kentucky. It covers 1 day in a town devastated by drugs and opioid addiction, a massacre that wipes out the drug dealing family who control the town, the crooked cops being paid to look the other way and the devastating consequences of addiction and what it’s like to be with someone going through addiction.
No book covers the heartache of addiction suffered by someone close as well as this book.… (mer)