A year ago
Thorn’s son, Flynn Moss, disappeared into the eco-underground, his only
contact with Thorn a series of postcards chronicling his exploits. But a
postcard arrives unlike the others, a call for help, Thorn jumps into
action, setting off for North Carolina. But before Thorn arrives, he’s
intercepted by a federal agent who informs him he’s too late—Flynn had
been acting as an informant for the FBI, and when his traitorous acts
were discovered, he was summarily executed.
The agent proposes a scheme to
catch Flynn’s killer using Thorn as bait. Thorn, full of rage, accepts
the job if only to get his hands on his son’s killer. The mission takes
him to a small town where the gang is holed up, planning an attack on a
hog farming operation that has been polluting local rivers and
spreading illness through the area.
Little by little Thorn discovers
that nothing he’s been told is true, and the trap they’re setting isn’t
for Flynn’s killer, but for his partner, a woman who proves more daring
and dangerous than any Thorn’s ever met. She’s on her own crusade of
vengeance, and she and Thorn make an uneasy alliance. With her help
Thorn uncovers a conspiracy that stretches far beyond this small
Carolina town.
