The Cascade Shadow

A missing heiress. A corrupt town. A retired detective forced back into the line of fire. Former Portland Homicide Detective Marcus Vance wanted only one thing: solitude. Settling into a secluded timber cabin in the Oregon mountains, he thought he had left behind a career defined by institutional decay and violence. That peace shatters when a local waitress reports the violent abduction of Chloe Sterling—a twenty-four-year-old eco-activist and daughter of the region's powerful timber tycoon—from an abandoned sawmill. Investigating the crime scene on his own, Marcus recovers key evidence the local sheriff's department is actively trying to suppress. Hired privately by Chloe's desperate mother, Marcus uncovers a deadly web of corruption involving falsified environmental logs, land laundering, and a sinister syndicate led by a shadowy figure known only as "The Surveyor". Teaming up with FBI Special Agent Claire Bennett, Marcus races against time through the treacherous Pacific Northwest wilderness. To rescue Chloe and expose the truth, he must survive targeted ambushes and face a powerful elite who will burn everything down to protect their empire.