John M Vermillion

Rockledge John M Vermillion

What happens after he leaves the military? Cade Chase doesn't have the answer. He winds up in Rockledge, a poor town in Appalachia. While helping an octogenarian benefactor, he encounters what could be a threat from itinerants bedded down in forestland near his property. Turns out the more direct threat comes from brutish men who attack those itinerants near his friend's home. Two attacks on the campers propel Cade into action. With a stunning lady lawyer at his side, Cade quickly learns that the obvious problem is actually the lesser problem. Bringing to justice the people who murdered and brutalized the campers is not hard. Beating down thugs who try to maim him is easy. The much greater problem is mobilizing public will to cast off the shackles greedy, autocratic ruling elites have had them in for decades. Cade is on the case.