A deathbed confession. A decades-old secret. A mountain
that holds the answers--and danger closing in.
When intelligence analyst Sarah Ellison learns of her grandfather's deathbed
confession connected to her brother's murder, she's determined to protect her
remaining family. After further investigation, she discovers the disclosed
information points to a decades-old government secret buried deep in the
Cascade Mountains. With this knowledge, she looks for a guide who knows the
terrain like the back of their hand.
After his father's death in a tragic mountain accident, former Navy SEAL Ryder
Goodwin no longer guides for the family business. At first, Ryder refuses to
help Sarah, but he sees the trouble chasing her and can't stand by while
someone brings danger to his small-town mountain community.
Ryder and Sarah gear up to climb the mountain in a race against time and a
looming storm. When the danger escalates, their search for answers shifts to a
survival mission. Their only chance to make it through involves trusting each
other and confronting the truth no one wants them to find.
My Thoughts:
Deep seated family secrets and very evil men who either want those secrets to stay hidden or keep them for themselves help to fuel this high adrenaline adventure. Sarah needs answers as to why her brother was murdered and what her late grandfather had kept hidden for all of these years. She wants to protect the remaining family she has left. She is doing this for them, and she has her own skills to pull this off.
Ryder, who is a former Navy SEAL, is just the man who can help her and guide her on this what seems like an ill-fated journey through the wilderness and up a mountain fighting all along the way with nature and man. And he is a most determined man to keep Sarah safe and to run away from his own demons.
This story is brimming with twists and turns and fraught with danger. The first few chapters' kind of throw you into the thick of it. There were some truths I did not see coming. All in all, this is a great start to a new series by author Goddard.
I was provided a copy of this novel by the publisher. I was not required to post a positive review and all views and opinions are my own.
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