John Kelly befriends a young woman with a checkered past. When her past reaches out to her in a horrifying way, he vows revenge. But the Pentagon also has plans for John Kelly.

"When author Lincoln Chandler travels to East Tennessee to interview a recent widower for a novel he is working on, he has no way of knowing he will become part of a love story fifty-six years in the making. It all began in 1965 when eighteen-year-old Charlie Ross made a bet that would forever change his life. While fishing one afternoon at his favorite spot on the river, Charlie is shocked when Anna Cochran, the most beautiful girl in his small town,...