In the remote forests of northern New Hampshire, danger isn't supposed to find you-until it does.
When JJ Martin, a tough-as-nails ex-Marine Corps sniper, stumbles onto a mobile meth lab hidden on the family's lumber grounds, he unwittingly lights the fuse on a war he can't outrun. Within minutes, JJ becomes the target of a full-scale manhunt. The Rough Boys, a brutal Boston street gang, have strict orders: no witnesses, no survivors, no loose ends. Wounded and running out of ground, JJ is forced into a lethal cat-and-mouse chase through some of the most unforgiving terrain in New England where he makes a desperate last stand, sending out a message-half-coded, half-desperate-to the one person capable of finding him before it's too late.
Josh Martin, FBI Special Agent and JJ's older brother, hears the call. Armed with little more than fragments of intel and instinct, Josh launches into the wilderness with a single objective: find his brother before the men hunting him do. At his side are his new partner Trisha- the CIA's most problematic asset, a weaponized psychopath walking the razor's edge between sanctioned operative and death-row candidate-and the combat-trained war dog Syrin. But the deeper he pushes into the trees, the clearer it becomes that this isn't just a gang operation-it's the opening move in something far larger and far deadlier that stretches past the backwoods of New England to Portland, Oregon and beyond into a billion-dollar web with international backing and dangers.
To save JJ-and themselves-Josh's team must outmaneuver street-level predators, mob bosses with political cover, and a kill-team so efficient they've never failed a contract. Every mile brings new threats. Every decision could be their last. And the enemy is always one step ahead.
High-octane, relentless, and steeped in Clancy-level tactical detail, this thriller drags you into a world where survival demands absolute precision and family isn't just worth fighting for-it's worth going to war for.