Former US Army Ranger Gabriel Curtis and his wife, Gina, had carved a perfect life for themselves in Chicago. Gabe was a successful architect, and Gina owned and operated a prosperous interior design company. Then out of the blue, Gina and their two young daughters were shot and killed when Gina made a wrong turn and drove her Cadillac Escalade into a hotbed of gang activity. The tragic deaths of his family turned Gabe’s life upside down. He had no purpose, no motivation, and no wish to continue his career and life in Chicago where so many memories plagued him. After weeks spent brooding in isolation, he decided he had to climb out of the doldrums. But he didn’t know how. Then he remembered Gina’s advice for times when he felt defeated with no solution in sight. “Do what you do best, Gabe. Make a list and follow through.” Then she would tease him with her pet name for him, “The Listmaker.” Gabe quit his job, sold everything, and headed north. When he found the peaceful little town of Akola, Wisconsin near Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, he was sure it would be the perfect place for him to start over. But soon after opening his one-man architectural business, he found himself enmeshed in more life-threatening trouble than he could have ever imagined involving a corrupt senator, a shady FBI agent, the head of a major aerospace and defense technology corporation, a billionaire, and a powerful Middle Eastern terrorist.