Striker Malone is determined to make a living and earn self-respect in a town that once thrived on iron ore. His sancturary is the Black Rock Tavern where he befriends Loretta and Savanna and the unpredictable Joey Rook. Together they tangle with a lawless clan called the Long Coats. Beneath the surface a contagious disease is wiping out the bats, and like the dying bats, Striker may become an endangered species. -- back cover.

After 15 years, Allie Armington returns to her aunt Sallie's cottage retreat in the Adirondacks where she spent most of her childhood summers. But instead of the happy reunion she's anticipating, she finds murder.

Welcome to the Custer Hill Club--a men's club set in a luxurious Adirondack hunting lodge whose members include some of America's most powerful business leaders, military men, and government officials. Ostensibly, the club is a place to relax with old friends. But one fall weekend, the club's executive board gathers to talk about the tragedy of 9/11--and finalize a retaliation plan, known only by its codename: Wildfire. That same weekend, a member of the Federal Anti-Terrorist Task Force is found dead.