The Shattered Bones

Army veteran, Rylan "Rye" Beam, struggled to find balance after the Iraq War, reaching for a version of himself that no longer existed. With his boots back on American soil, he began building a family, convinced he was "maintaining" by drowning his demons in a bottle of whiskey. Unaware of how delicately he teetered on the brink, a devastating tragedy suddenly collapsed the ground underfoot and sent him headlong onto a murderous path. Unable to cope with the loss of his family, Rylan resolves to die, but fearing he has squandered his life, vows to make a difference on the way out. He sets off on a cross-country quest for redemption and retribution, carrying a hammer in one hand and a list of twenty-one names in the other, while a brash young FBI agent finds himself tasked with picking up the trail of a serial killer.As his list becomes shorter, Rylan's mind begins crumbling under the weight of long-repressed guilt and an increasing number of broken bodies, and what began as a desperate man's attempt to satisfy a twisted sense of duty, evolves into something new when he starts interviewing his victims. While seeking to understand what motivates people to commit violent crimes, his victims' stories challenge his rigid perception of guilt and innocence, forcing him to question the limits of justice.THE SHATTERED BONES, is the first novel in a multi-part series chronicling the journey of a serial killer, the experiences that shaped him, and an FBI agent's struggle to stop his rampage.