A prequel novella to No Easy Way Back - winner of the 2025 Best Indie Book Award and a 2026 finalist for the Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award.
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Summer 1994.
Jack Hillman is divorced, missing a leg, and feeling like a stranger in his own hometown.
When word comes that his childhood friend vanished while chasing work in Idaho's Panhandle, Jack doesn't hesitate. He loads up the Silverado, tucks his 1911 into his waistband, dusts off his Special Forces training, and heads west looking for a man he hasn't spoken to in a decade.
He tells himself he's looking for a friend in Deadfall County. But really, he's trying to see if the man he once was is still in there.