Sheriff Owen Rowlands' closest friend Renard has gone missing. Searching his friend's ransacked house, the lawman finds a dying man on the bed - but no sign of Renard. Determined to track down his friend, Rowlands investigates links to a mysterious gang, only to find that his old friend was not what he seemed. As he hunts down the gang to their mountain lair, a deadly secret is unravelled, and the sheriff finds that his world is flipped upside down.

Dafydd Hopcyns (writing as Dirk Hawkman) comes from Swansea, Wales. He studied at the United World College of Hong Kong and Manchester University before qualifying as a Chartered Accountant. Dafydd is the author of two novels: Texan Secrets and Vulture Wings.