
<b>“Fascinating … deeply American … the story of a town that needs a different kind of hero. The plot is so propulsive, it blows you away. This is a great one.” —</b><i><b>Morning Joe</b></i><br /><br /><b>After a shocking accident, Silas Tucker’s legendary football career is suddenly over in this action-packed sports thriller powered by loyalty, competition, and family. </b><br /><br />Humbled, but never defeated, he returns to his backwoods hometown, Cross Rivers, North Carolina, where his father was murdered. <br /><br />He goes back to what’s left of his family and their small, struggling farm. He reunites with his best friend in the world—Taylor McCarter Webb, who is now married. <br /><br />Then Silas is pulled into a deadly battle with the Southern Mafia who control drugs, trafficking and murder. <br /><br />As the suspense crescendos, Silas follows one rule for survival: you don’t ride these country roads alone, or in the dead of night.<br />