Eighteen months ago, stockbroker Jake Crosby and his daughter Katy narrowly survived a living nightmare at a remote Alabama hunting camp. To save Katy, Jake killed two men -- men who were friends and business associates of notorious outlaw and drug-runner Ethan "Moon Pie" Daniels. That night, Moon Pie made a blood promise of revenge. And in Moon Pie#146;s dark world of violence, such promises are always kept.Jake Crosby doesn#146;t regret what he did that night; he knows it was kill or be killed. But he can#146;t shake the feeling that the horror isn#146;t over, that Katy and his wife, Morgan, aren#146;t yet safe -- and that retribution is coming. All he knows for sure is that he will do anything -- everything -- to protect his family. That#146;s a vow the dangerous Moon Pie will put to the ultimate test on a cold, moonless night deep in the heart of a river swamp.This riveting follow-up to Bobby Cole#146;s heart-stopping thriller The Dummy Line deftly explores the perils of revenge...and the profound power of a husband and father#146;s love.