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A disgraced federal agent. An armed mountain redoubt. One undercover operation where no mistake goes unpunished.

New York Times bestselling author Stuart Woods delivers yet another riveting story of intrigue and deception in this strangely prophetic novel about a man whose life is out of control.

The plot follows former narcotics agent Jesse Warden from an Atlanta prison to a timber town secretly run by a white supremacist church. Woods constructs a relentless chronicle of deception and survival as his operative infiltrates a secluded mountain redoubt.

An isolated sawmill town conceals underground weapons bunkers, millions in covert cash, and an armed cadre preparing for war. The narrative tracks a collision between federal manipulation and extremism along the sheer granite cliffs above St. Clair.

• False Identity Thriller: Jesse Barron exists only on paper, and maintaining the cover requires midnight break-ins at the local courthouse to forge certified records.
• Undercover Agent Suspense: Facing consecutive life terms in federal prison, an ex-narcotics officer must survive a grueling polygraph test administered by the town’s suspicious police chief.
• Conspiracy Thriller: A reclusive tech billionaire funnels fortune into secret offshore accounts while a charismatic preacher builds an arsenal destined for nationwide conflict.
• Espionage Thriller: Navigating the isolated mountain redoubt means evading perimeter sensors, suspicious lieutenants, and sudden executions carried out in the dead of night.
• Also by This Author: New York Dead, Dirt and Dead in the Water.