The Fugitive's Gambit

Max Becker, a respected law professor, wrote a book about secession.He suspected that a lively discussion would take place, but never expected the firestorm response of the feds. In an early dawn attack at his cabin in mountains of California's gold country, he barely escapes with his life. Wounded, as he watches his cabin burn, he plunges into the icy waters of the Consumnes River and swims to safety in an unchartered cave a few miles downstream.
But a stranger is already there--with a gun. Nick Devon, a former federal agent, months earlier had faked his death and is waiting to escape to Mexico.Now begins the physical, emotional and intellectual battle. Would they survive each other? And would either survive the pursuing feds?