Once a mercenary, later an assassin, and now living a different life, Dell has bone-marrow-deep loyalty and protective instincts that know no bounds when it comes to his wife, Dolly, a former battle-field nurse, and their close-knit group of Dollys friends and Dells allies. When Dolly receives a thinly veiled threat, Dell reverts to his old ways to untangle the background of a prominent local figure, George Byron Benton, whose actions have awakened Dells obsessive need for security. This target combines the deadly patience of a gila monster and a complex agenda—including a public life thats all elaborate disguise. To penetrate Bentons dense facade, Dell methodically works his way through the only reliable source of news in the area—a blog called Undercurrents.
