Kelly Hastings could retire. The Chief of Detectives of the <strong>Averton</strong> OhioPolice Department is preparing for a second career as a college instruc... » 

Kelly Hastings could retire. The Chief of Detectives of the Averton OhioPolice Department is preparing for a second career as a college instructor.When Averton is inexplicably subjected to a series of bombings Kelly has noway of knowing that the small town is the center of a movement by domesticterrorists to reshape the nation. Nor does he know that he has been selected asthe means to that end by deceit and sexual blackmail. «