Publisher's Synopsis
"...Jonathon King captures the intrigue, lyrical beauty and darkness of the Florida Everglades better than any other writer I know." JAMES LEE BURKE While working as labourers on a dangerous project to build the first road through the Florida Everglades, a father and his two sons had vanished without trace. Eighty years later, a series of letters is discovered by a descendent of these lost men. Driven by the need to know what happened to them, he starts asking questions - and is quickly stonewalled. With nowhere else to turn, he enlists the help of former Philadelphia police officer, Max Freeman. But the search for the truth quickly turns violent. For there are powerful interests that desperately want the shadows of the past to remain undisturbed - and some will kill to ensure that they do...
