“You say your daughter is missing?” Clay Wolfe asked. The man in front of him was slightly disheveled. Red eyes. Fear creased his features. Clay had retired from Boston PD a few years earlier, jaded and cynical at the young age of 35. He'd returned to his hometown of Port Essex, Maine, and opened a private investigator business, and for a while, the humdrum of small-town life had been a balm for his soul. Then he'd been hired to track down a drug dealer. And now, this missing girl, would soon turn into his most thrilling case yet. Port Essex is a fishing village along the Mid Coast of Maine. For the two months of summer, the population swells by 50% as summer residents come piling in, which does not include the influx of tourists. The downtown is comprised of restaurants, bars, and gift shops that must make enough money in July and August to last the year. Baylee Baker is Clay's partner and potential love interest, but they both have too much baggage to make it work. She had suffered domestic abuse for years before shooting and killing her husband. A former Navy SEAL, Westy, is Clay's best friend. They grew up together, quarterback and running back on the state championship football team, and now have both returned to the home of their childhood. When Clay tracks down the missing girl, it is not the conclusion of the case, but merely the beginning. There is something sinister brewing in the underbelly of town, and Clay needs to root out the evil. What is the End Game? It was as close to ecstasy as the woman had ever been in her life. It was enlightenment. She was no longer Martha Abbott. She was a warrior of Marduk engaged in a war of purity. The case becomes bigger than just a missing girl. A series of violent attacks have targeted minorities in town, and Clay begins to suspect that there is a mastermind pulling the strings behind the hatred spewing forth onto the streets of Port Essex. What is going to happen on Leap Day? “We have allowed sin to fill our homes, and it is our divine labor to cleanse that filth from our streets.” Marduk’s voice boomed through the cavernous temple. Something evil is lurking in the streets of Port Essex. A missing girl. Violent attacks. It is up to Clay Wolfe, his partner Baylee Baker, and a colorful assortment of friends to get to the bottom of these odious occurrences before it is too late.