ISBN: 9780982144381

In the aftermath of having survived an encounter with pedophile serial killer Uriah Beek almost three years earlier, two still healing couples reconnect at Christmas time in the small Ore… More...

In the aftermath of having survived an encounter with pedophile serial killer Uriah Beek almost three years earlier, two still healing couples reconnect at Christmas time in the small Oregon coast city of Cutter Point. Kevin Kearnes, the city's former police chief, now a special agent with Homeland Security, is returning to Cutter Point with Britt McGraw, and his two young sons, to marry Britt on the same beach where he'd first kissed her. Thud Compton, Kearnes' old sergeant, and now Cutter Point's new chief, has invited them to stay at the Compton home. For Margie Compton, having house guests will be a welcome respite from the ongoing turmoil in her marriage caused by her recent separation from Thud. When Thud is injured at work and is forced to move back home shortly before the Kearnes' arrive, the cracks in his relationship with Margie widen further, ultimately pulling Kevin, and Britt, into the void also as they struggle with their own inner demons. However, the Kearnes' aren't the only ones traveling to Cutter Point for the holidays. Some very bad men are coming to town, and instead of bearing gifts, they're planning on taking one for themselves. An old military sword from WWII rusting away inside its display case in the local library, which after 9/11, is now worth a million dollars on the world black market for war artifacts. Russian mobsters "Little Nikki" Kravchenko, and Vlasi Voronov will gladly accept half that much in payment from Phillip Peeters, the man who's hired them to steal it. To college student Darius Ono and his friends, the sword is priceless, and reclaiming it will restore honor to the name of his dead great uncle, war hero Suzumi Ono, "The Emperor's Sparrow." And although they don't yet know it, Kevin Kearnes, and Thud Compton will face their greatest threat ever when they are forced to pursue the murderous men who've stolen "The Sparrow's Blade." Media ><