A man turns up dead at a remote mountain lake in the Oregon Outback. Two bullet holes in his chest, and evidence pointing two different directions at once.

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Sheriff Maxwell Wilcox follows the clues into the backcountry and finds they keep going. Farther out. Farther from help. It takes him too long to understand what that means.

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The killers aren't running. They're leading him somewhere.

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Every clue is a breadcrumb, and every breadcrumb is a trap.

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Wilcox is not a superhero. He is a man who has already been through the worst of it and came out the other side with a badge, a second marriage, and something left to protect. This case tests all three.

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Two shooters. One victim. No margin for error.