The war on terror accomplished more in our own country than it did anywhere else... it gave aimless boys something to do. Macon Ross is one of those boys. One of the first in his town to sign his name on a recruiter's list following 9/11, he goes on to serve four tours in some of the most dangerous parts of the Middle East. However, once back home in his small southern town of Hoyt, he is confronted with the fact that civilian life is far more treacherous than he'd ever imagined. Now face to face not only with the demons from his past, but also with the stark truth of the crimes he committed...

Clark Gibson has called hospitals home for as long as she can remember. She's not sick, just a con artist of a different breed. Schooled by her own mother to swindle patients, she's lived in all the best medical facilities in the United States. When Clark's mother abandons her as a teenager, she's left to navigate a "legitimate world" she's never been a part of. Only when a young doctor, who is unaware of her past, takes an interest in her does she start to wonder whether she can live outside the sterilized walls that have always comforted her. Just when this looks like a possibility, one of...