After a shocking accident, Silas Tucker’s legendary football career is suddenly over. ​Humbled, but never defeated, he returns to his backwoods hometown, Cross Rivers, North Carolina, where his father was murdered. ​He goes back to what’s left of his family and their small, struggling farm. ​He reunites with his best friend in the world—Taylor McCarter Webb, who is now married. ​Then Silas is pulled into a deadly battle with the Southern Mafia who control drugs, trafficking and murder. As the suspense crescendos, Silas follows one rule for survival: you don’t ride these country roads alone, or in the dead of night.   James Patterson  is the most popular storyteller of our time and the creator of such unforgettable characters and series as Alex Cross, the Women’s Murder Club, Jane Smith, and Maximum Ride. He has coauthored #1 bestselling novels with Bill Clinton, Dolly Parton, Michael Crichton, and Viola Davis, as well as collaborated on #1 bestselling nonfiction, including  The Idaho Four, Walk in My Combat Boots,  and  Filthy Rich.  Patterson has told the story of his own life in the #1 bestselling autobiography  James Patterson by James Patterson . He is the recipient of an Edgar Award, ten Emmy Awards, the Literarian Award from the National Book Foundation, and the National Humanities Medal. Mike Lupica  has been inducted into the National Sports Media Hall of Fame. He is an award-winning columnist for the  New York Daily News  and has written 17  New York Times  bestsellers.