The Cost of Redemption

Claremonte County is full of regrets. Jonah Stockwell, retiring as Claremonte's sheriff soon, has a conscience stuffed with them. In the last year, he's seen three of his staff corrupted and one killed. The county's addiction to cocaine endures. Lasting stains on a once-great career. Then there's Dwayne Loveless. Claremonte's favorite resident. A man Stockwell knows to be a criminal but has never been able to put away. Stockwell's White Whale. With the election to replace Stockwell looming, and a man hand-picked by Dwayne Loveless favored to win over Stockwell's own chosen successor, the deaths begin. The drugs Stockwell has failed to remove are claiming the lives of people he's sworn to protect. The Sheriff's biggest failures haunt his final days. But the deaths also provide a chance for Stockwell to atone for those failures. An opportunity to walk away with no regrets. Though his tenure in Claremonte is coming to an end, Sheriff Jonah Stockwell will find that while he reclaims his legacy, he will play a role in the personal redemption of other Claremonte residents... ...and, quite possibly, in reclaiming an entire county's soul.