He slowly eased back on the throttle and brought the boat to a stop on the desolate river. They zipped the large canvas bag shut and then hoisted the body over the side of the boat and watched as it slipped beneath the dark surface. Looking to the west, they could see fiery storm clouds brewing… an eery sign of the firestorm of ruthless revenge to come.Detective Mac McRyan returns home to Minnesota to find a dead body in the scraggly trees along the rough shores on an island in the Mississippi River. The nearly unrecognizable body was beaten and tortured. Mac and his detectives are assigned to investigate the murder but the case is about far more than one dead body. As they dig deeper and pull back the layers on the murder they get more than they’ve bargained for. Their investigation unleashes a mysterious and ruthless opponent who will stop at nothing and will kill anyone.