The battle is one of wits and cunning, where the strong heart will overcome his enemy. Ex-marine Arthur Nakai spent years as a member of the Shadow Wolves, an ICE tactical unit tasked by the US government to hunt human traffickers and drug smugglers on the US/Mexico border. He put that life of confronting violence in the darker contours of the desert landscape behind him and settled into a quiet existence in New Mexico with his wife, Sharon, a local TV reporter. But when Sharon goes missing after crossing paths with a serial killer who has just added to his list of young victims, Arthur's calm world is shattered. He must return to the darkness of the life he left behind in order to save what matters most to him, and the future he and his wife plan to share together. He can only hope that she is still alive, and that his skills will be enough to find her. So begins the hunt--to find a ruthless killer and save the love of his life. "A chase from New Mexico to Montana and the Canadian border is a race against time, the ticking clock already upping tense action. Along the way, Arthur relies on his friends and his wolf-dog and the end will leave you breathless. The book sustains a high level of page-turning suspense. Here is a villain with no redeeming qualities pitted against a determined hero!" --- Carol Crigger, Western Writers of America Mark Edward Langley was instilled with a love for the American West by his father at a young age. After visiting it throughout adulthood, his connection to the land became irrevocable. After spending almost thirty years working for someone else, he retired and began to focus on writing. Path of the Dead is the result of that focus. His goal is to soon live near the Four Corners area, where his heart already resides.