CHAPTER ONE: The Road That Forgot People
The northern edge of Cascara County wasn’t a place people drove for fun.
The Blackridge foothills swallowed sound.
The fog swallowed headlights.
And the road had a reputation for swallowing people.
Deputy Mark Halden had been in uniform long enough to stop believing danger came with a warning label.
Fourteen years on the job teaches you one thing fast:
Most threats look ordinary until they’re not.
His partner tonight was Officer Lena Crowe, fresh out of the
