But beneath the city's pristine surface, a bizarre and insular cult operates in full force. Led by the reclusive Emmet Shaw, the Supreme Son sect enforces obedience through armed mountain patrols and local intimidation.
With a rogue posse hunting her across the foothills, Emma has to outrun pickup convoys, navigate steep shale trails, and locate the captive analyst — without getting trapped in the crossfire.
Ryan is running out of time, locked in a stifling root cellar beneath the ranch house.
Somehow, Emma must find a way to infiltrate the compound, save Ryan, and get them both out of there . . . preferably alive.
Jamie Freveletti is a former trial lawyer, martial artist, and runner. She is the author of four books in her own Emma Caldridge series as well as Robert Ludlum's Covert One novel, The Janus Reprisal. She lives in Chicago.