Heat

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.