Dead Drift - Softcover

Barone, Stefano

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798160836607

Publisher: Independently published, 2026

Synopsis

In Montana’s Madison Valley, the river is supposed to be where Wesley Ford leaves his ghosts behind. Then two rifle shots shatter the morning, and lead him to a butchered bull elk, an organized poaching crew, and a man who seems to know exactly who he is.

A former Pierce County sheriff’s deputy haunted by his partner’s death, Wesley came to Montana for a quieter life as a game warden. But when a father and son disappear after spotting a truck on closed ground, a wildlife investigation becomes a desperate search for witnesses someone wants silenced.

Alongside sharp-eyed deputy Lena Ortiz, Wesley follows a trail of stolen radios, forged hunting tags, and a mysterious brand burned into a tree. Every lead points toward a criminal network operating behind locked ranch gates, and a bitter fight over land, money, and who gets to call the valley their own.

Someone inside law enforcement is feeding the wrong people information. Evidence is disappearing. And the closer Wesley gets to the truth, the more his own past becomes a weapon against him.

With his life on the line and no certainty about whom he can trust, Wesley must expose the people protecting the operation before they erase its last witnesses, including him.

Set against the cold rivers and unforgiving backcountry of southwestern Montana, DEAD DRIFT is an atmospheric crime thriller about corruption, grief, loyalty, and the price of refusing to look away.

Edition details

• Publisher: Independently published
• Publication date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798160836607
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192