He fought terrorists in Afghanistan. Now he fights a war on the home front. An old map and a treasure trove of precious gold trigger conspiracy and murder in a small lake town in California. When Marine Gunnery Sergeant, Michael Drake, returns home from Afghanistan, his wealthy father entrusts the map over to him for safekeeping-then vanishes. Now Michael becomes the target of his father's sex addicted wife, a corrupt sheriff, and a hired gun. Michael Drake, a near amputee, suffering from survivor's guilt, is on a mission to find his father and protect the map. To win he must outwit ruthless conspirators. If suicide bombers, IED explosives, and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder can't stop the twenty-four-year-old Marine, nothing can.