"If you’ve noted a testosterone deficiency in your life lately, the second Wyatt Storme mystery will have you walkin’ the walk and talkin’ the talk. Ripley knows what he’s doing and does it well.” (Booklist)

To help a desperate friend, ex-footballer Wyatt Storme and his hard-charging buddy Chick Easton ride shotgun on an illegal gun shipment. Things go very wrong, putting Wyatt in the crosshairs of corrupt politicians, homicidal mobsters, and rogue CIA agents.

The ever-widening deadly conspiracy soon endangers Wyatt’s newswoman girlfriend, forcing him to unleash a Storme front of justice that rocks the entire state of Colorado.

“Storme is one of my all-time favorite series characters, up there with Spenser and Dave Robicheaux.” (Ace Atkins, The New York Times best-selling author of Robert B. Parker's Cheap Shot)

"For those of us who still feel an ache for the immortal John D. MacDonald, there might finally be a replacement on the horizon." (Tampa Tribune)