Set in Oregon's high desert in 1968, wildlife ranger Nick Drake must solve a string of murders while recovering from his recent experience on the battlefields of the Vietnam War. "Harney County, Oregon, 1968: Nick Drake has a chest full of medals and enough demons to fill a duffle bag. He's been trained to kill, but never retrained to rejoin society. Drake flees to the lonesome high desert in search of redemption and takes a job patrolling wildlife...

"Set in 1968, Nick Drake is a troubled Vietnam War veteran seeking redemption as a game warden in a quiet land. But when a fighter pilot from a nearby Air Force base mysteriously plummets onto one of his refuges, he is plunged into a deadly showdown with the military. A vexing mystery involving multiple murders ensues, and Nick must turn to the old ways of his Paiute neighbors to hunt for a vicious killer and bring justice to the pitiless high desert."...

"Living is hard on the high lonesome, but dying is easy. When two of Nick Drake’s oldest Paiute friends disappear during a robbery of ancient relics that leads to a double murder, his race to find them puts him on a collision course with an obsessed killer. And that’s only for starters. A plane crash on a snowy mountainside after a wedding and with a baby on the way leads to a desperate fight for survival. Only one outcome is certain: life will...

"San Francisco con artist Jack McCoul has left his life of crime behind until his past comes roaring back. A former partner's scheme to snatch a priceless statute drags him into a murder investigation and a sexy suspect's life hangs in the balance. When hired killers come gunning for him, Jack's only choice is to do what he does best-- even though it means breaking the law again." --

"El Niño brings more than long-awaited rain to San Francisco and the neighboring wine country. An old flame shows up on McCoul's doorstep and trouble is not far behind. Sparks fly and a storm of murder and double cross forces him back into the world of con games to protect the ones he loves from a deadly swindler bent on taking over California's precious water supply. At the same time, he must unlock the secret to the whereabouts of a missing child....

When US Fish & Wildlife Ranger Nick Drake gets a beautiful and impetuous new supervisor, he quickly becomes pulled into a physical and emotional cauldron after she orders him to guide her down a dangerous and deadly river. As rapids roar and passions roil, Nick must battle waterfalls and whirlpools, an unearthly predator killing anything that ventures into its realm, and doubts about his frayed marriage following the adoption of a psychologically...