by Phil Bowie (Author)
Sam Bass is tall and lanky, loves old western movies, wears cowboy boots, and drives a battered Wrangler. He's a pilot running a one-man charter operation on remote Ocracoke Island, living a quiet life with his Cherokee girlfriend, Valerie Lightfoot.
When Sam helps make a dangerous rescue of a couple lost at sea, he gets publicity he doesn't need. A powerful enemy now knows where he is and sends a hit team to finish old business. Sam, Valerie, and her young son, Josh, become the focus of evil.The only response is a trail of just vengeance as ancient as the ghosts of the Smoky Mountain Cherokees.The hunt is on . . .
"Enjoyed it very much. Fast. Engaging. A fine debut." #1 bestseller Lee Child
Author Biography
Phil is a lifelong freelance writer with 300 articles and short stories published in national magazines including Reader's Digest, The Saturday Evening Post, Grit, Harper's, Troika, Yankee, Overdrive, Heartland USA, MAKE, and several boating and aviation publications. He writes the John Hardin suspense series, and has a collection of his short stories out, which includes an award-winning tale begun by Stephen King. Phil is an instrument-rated pilot, a Coast Guard-licensed master mariner, a motorcycle rider, an astronomy buff, and a fiddler. He's a voracious reader of everything and likes to walk the ocean beaches to exercise his body and his imagination. He lives in eastern North Carolina on a shore of the wide Neuse River, where he's at work on several short stories and his next novel. Visit him at www.philbowie.com