About the book

"In the small Maine town of Boreas, private investigator Charlie Parker is recovering from life-threatening wounds after facing an adversary of incomparable evil. But the longer he stays in Boreas, the more he realizes tha this recuperation will by anything but restful. The town holds dark secrets, and old atrocities hidden since the Second World War are about to come to light. As he befriends single mother Ruth Winter and her young daughter, Amanda, he learns how far the residents of Boreas will go to hide their sins. And now Parker is about to risk his life for a woman he barely knows, one who fears him almost as much as she fears those who are coming for her. His enemies believe him to be vulnerable. Fearful. Solitary. But they are wrong. Parker is far from afraid, and far from alone. For something is emerging from the shadows."--Back cover.