The Shepherd Author:Ethan Cross Let the Games Begin! A broken career. Devastating quilt. Ex-cop Marcus Williams knows all too well the price being judge, jury and executioner can extract. So when notorious serial killer Francis Ackerman turns Marcus's quiet Colorado town into his new killing field, Marcus teams up with the local sheriff to take him down. But the sheriff is pla... more »ying an even more sinister game in which innocent lives are pawns-and Ackerman's no-win "death-or-death" gambits are crucial....
Now every race to save victims puts Marcus in the sheriff's crosshairs. Each refuge is a trap, and there's no way Marcus can tell allies from betrayers. And, little by little, Marcus's determination and sense of duty are fueling his darkest instincts-and a nightmarish endgame that could cost him more than he can ever hope to save.« less