Dark County

Innocent lives threatened … A corrupt enemy … A country in crisis …

There's a saying among drug cartels: "Plata o plomo"—silver or lead. It's a concept Ryan Weller knows well, and when a group of American missionaries are taken hostage in the slums of Jalousie, Haiti, nothing comes closer to the truth.

With the mission's CEO unable to meet the ransom, only one option remains: to issue a contract for their rescue. To protect their people, GOSPEL turns to an unconventional savior: Dark Water Research. Although the contracts remit is strictly salvation rather than salvage, Ryan and his team of veteran contractors are the ideal solution—they know the turf, have the skills needed to recover the missionaries, and they know the right people in-country to help grease the wheels.

But when Ryan learns there's more to one of the missionaries than first meets the eye, he's thrust headfirst into a pitched battle against a brutal drug smuggling operation. Headed by the elusive Mister Smith, the CIA-funded network provides a direct conduit to the heart of the United States' ravenous narcotics trade, and it's a venture Smith will move heaven and earth to protect. With Haiti reeling from their recent presidential assassination and its warlords and cartels continually vying for control of the island's streets, Smith relies on the chaos to keep his shipments on course and the money flowing to his unscrupulous pockets.

For Haiti to thrive, Smith's network must fall—and Ryan Weller is a man determined to see it happen.