John Reynolds had returned from deployment with his Marine Raider unit to discover his father had died. While on emergency leave, he discovered some ugly details concerning his father's vehicle accident. This drove Reynolds to leave the Marines and help his mother manage the family construction business. John would soon learn that a small time mobster was responsible for his father's death in that accident. This story moves through the life of John Reynolds' desire to make someone pay for his father's death and the sudden life change this God hating Marine would experience. There are people from his past who begin to show up in his life. Some of them are surprises and some are supportive. One is a girlhood friend of his younger sister who had always had a crush on John. The other is the father of an old girlfriend who is involved with the big time mob. But there is another character who brings threats and trouble into John's and his family's lives. This character is a mystery right up to the end of this story. John Reynolds never stops pursuing answers to questions concerning who caused his father's death and how that person or persons would pay. In the end, it is John's new found faith and the support of family and friends that will bring an end to this mystery. But there is also a surprise to come in John's life and hopefully, readers will endure this saga to the end and discover what it is.