When an old acquaintance of Van Shaw’s late grandfather shows up in Seattle, he offers the broke veteran a money- making opportunity—an easy fortune in gold, abandoned and nearly forgotten after its original owner died in prison. For the dying man, the money is a legacy to ensure his preteen daughter’s future. For Van, the gold is cash he desperately needs to rebuild his destroyed family home and to tide him over until he can find legitimate work.

But Van knows that nothing is ever quite as easy as it seems. The safe holding the fortune turns out to be deadly bait set by a malevolent player armed with tremendous resources, an army of hunters, and a lifetime of hatred. Now Shaw’s partner is in the clutches of this shadowy mastermind, and the former Army Ranger may be his next prey. To discover who has them in the crosshairs, Van must first find the hunters’ real prey as he plays a dangerous game, with foes on every side.

For Van Shaw, every day above ground is a good day, and all the better if he can stay on the right side of the law, even though crime is his gift...and in his blood.