Kirjahaku

Severe drought ravages the Southeast. There is no end in sight as residents of Central Georgia brace for more of the same; unbearably hot, dry weather.The fears of four young men are realized when the shrinking water level of Cypress Lake exposes a dark secret, hidden under the lake's surface for sixteen years. Long ago, when they were best friends, they made a pact to never speak of the secret to anyone. Now their livelihoods, their marriages and possibly their very lives, hinge on keeping a childhood promise. Will they be able to maintain their silence or will the pact be broken ...Under the Blood Tree?

Severe drought ravages the Southeast. There is no end in sight as residents of Central Georgia brace for more of the same; unbearably hot, dry weather. The fears of four young men are realized when the shrinking water level of Cypress Lake exposes a dark secret, hidden under the lake's surface for sixteen years. Long ago, when they were best friends, they made a pact to never speak of the secret to anyone. Now their livelihoods, their marriages and possibly their very lives, hinge on keeping a childhood promise. Will they be able to maintain their silence or will the pact be broken ...Under the Blood Tree?

On the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, three Marine Corps rifle teams support a drone strike. Their target: a meeting between two terror leaders from the Taliban and Al Queda. They watch as a single hellfire missile destroys the building. A cloud of doubt forms over what appears to be an overwhelmingly successful mission. One of the Marines assigned to the team shouts that the wrong building had been destroyed. Ten years later, long after his discharge, his lifeless body is discovered along the Savannah River, the victim of an apparent drug overdose. But appearances can be deceptive. Former Marine Corps Captain Chip Chandler requests that Peden Savage conduct an investigation into the death. Peden asks Megan Moore, his former FBI partner, to assist. What begins as a simple inquiry into the apparent suicide of a Marine Veteran turns into a rapidly expanding investigation that reaches to the upper echelon of the United States Marine Corps.