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Strike, Stay Your Hand

Anton Brinza

Johannes Metternich has been living off the grid for so long that his friends assumed him dead. When he turns up in Creek’s Ridge, he cannot answer questions about his past—or perhaps he is just unwilling. The town welcomes him with open arms anyway, affording him plenty of distractions from the nightmares that torment his sleep. To move on with his life, he must reconnect with an old friend. But before that can happen, they will both have to dig up the painful truths about what brought them to Creek’s Ridge…  READ MORE