A lakeside paradise is shattered by past crimes rising from the ashes of an ancient village. A small tribe of Cherokee Indians is swindled out of its heritage lands to make way for a massive reservoir system. An arsonist starts a fire that claims scores of lives but spares an infant spirited away in the dark. Years later these incendiary secrets pass through the remorseful lips of a dying man, sending Jonathan Sinclair Austen on a frantic search for justice as mysterious killings multiply and he discovers that he could be next. A former Army Ranger, Sin must rely on his investigative and...

Conflicting emotions and agendas collide in a lakeside community, where a construction project is the catalyst for a series of mysterious incidents. A small tribe of Native Americans wants to rebuild its ancestral village on prime waterfront property. But serious opposition is scrambling to stop the project: neighboring landowners, a ruthless construction company, an ambitious developer with deep pockets, a charismatic minister, and even a festering splinter group within the tribe. Escalating acts of brutality drive project leader Cassee Chinnel to call for help from Sin Austen, owner of a...