Blood Debt

The hills outside of Adoration Tennessee hide a sinister secret: Black Ridge Defense Initiative, where for over thirty years, frightening experiments are conducted in the name of national security. When Geoff Sayer’s brother is killed, Geoff becomes the target of a conspiracy determined to silence a leak of one of Black Ridge’s most well-kept secrets—a secret with teeth, claws and an insatiable hunger, a genetically-engineered killing machine which is hunting human victims and which bears uncanny similarities to a creature from Cherokee legend.But Geoff has secrets of his own. For years he's harbored an obsessive love for his brother's wife. Torn between loyalty to his brother's memory and desire for the woman he loves, Geoff, with the help of a Cherokee Shaman, an urban-mercenary cop, and a woman weapons expert from the Department of Defense, digs deep into the mysteries of Black Ridge and the shadowy secrets of his family's past.The Magi of Adoration Series:Book One: Blood DebtThe hills outside of Adoration Tennessee hide a sinister secret: Black Ridge Defense Initiative, where frightening experiments are conducted in the name of national security. When Geoff Sayer’s brother is killed, Geoff becomes the target of a conspiracy determined to silence a leak of one of Black Ridge’s most well-kept secrets—a secret with teeth, claws and a hunger for human flesh. Book Two: AdorationLieutenant Matt Riley is a detective on the Brooklyn Police department spiraling toward self-destruction until his captain “volunteers” him for an officer exchange program—to a small town called Adoration Tennessee.When a lovely young widow becomes the primary suspect in a homicide that the witnesses insist “a ghost done,” and the outbreak of an incurable plague threatens the entire town, Detective Riley finds his assignment to the backwoods a lot more interesting—and dangerous—then he’d anticipated.Book Three: Live BaitWhen the young witch Abigail Brennan and her friends accidentally release a slumbering Cherokee demon known as “the Tooth” from its underground prison, not only are their lives in jeopardy but their very souls. Can Abby summon the skills her aunt taught her and put the demon back in its prison before it savages Adoration?Book Four: New Face in TownTwenty-five years ago Adoration was terrorized by a serial killer known as The Decorator, Who disappeared after killing a dozen women and prominently displaying gruesome works of art created from their remains. The Decorator returns after two and a half decades and the killings resume. Detective Gabriel Wrightson, tormented by his past failure to capture the killer, is determined to solve the haunting mystery. Will Wrightson find the answers in time to save Jillian from becoming a work of art?Book Five: DarkfireWhen the Tooth was accidentally released from his underground prison in Live Bait the demon worked a good deal of mischief. Among other foul deeds, it resurrected former comrade Andrew Jackson as well as the remains of a hideous creature stashed at Black Ridge. Jackson and the creature seize control of Black Ridge and unleash a source of tremendous power. A task force consisting of people with previous experience of Black Ridge and the Tooth combat General Jackson and his unholy partner. This capstone volume brings together all the characters from the previous four novels and pits them against an apocalyptic malevolence. Who knew the fate of the world would be decided in a small town in East Tennessee?