A pair of ritual murders could expose Mercy Kilpatrick to something terrifying: her own pastโฆ
Raised off the grid by survivalists, Mercy Kilpatrick believed in no greater safeguard than the backwoods of Oregon. Unforgiven by her father for abandoning the fold for the FBI, Mercy still holds to her past convictions. Theyโre in her blood. Theyโre her secretsโas guarded as her private survival retreat hidden away in the foothills.
In a cabin near her hideaway, Mercy encounters a young girl whose grandmother is dying from multiple knife wounds. Hundreds of miles away, a body is discovered slashed to death in a similar way. The victimsโa city judge and an old woman living in the woodsโcouldnโt be more different. With the help of police chief Truman Daly, Mercy must find the killer before the body count rises. Mercy knows that the past has an edge on her. So does her family. How can she keep her secrets nowโฆwhen theyโre the only things that can save her?
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