SILENT WATERS

He traded combat zones for coral reefs, but war followed him home.

A down-on-his-luck pilot. A murdered client. A human-trafficking ring hiding beneath paradise.

Former Army Apache pilot Cade Walker came to the Florida Keys to leave war behind. Now he runs Horizon Key Charters, flying tourists and divers to sun-soaked islands in his 1947 de Havilland Beaver. But when a client turns up dead at a secluded dock, and Cade’s friend Grace Delaney, a former Navy intelligence officer, uncovers signs of a trafficking network, Cade is pulled into a deadly current he can’t ignore.

The deeper they dig, the clearer it becomes: someone powerful is covering their tracks, and the law is already compromised. With only his old friends from the Sunburn Syndicate to trust, a band of combat-tested veterans who never quite left the fight, Cade takes to the skies and the mangroves to expose the operation before more innocents vanish.

When the mission turns personal, Cade must decide how far he’s willing to go for justice, and how much of his soul he’s willing to lose in the process.

Fans of Clive Cussler, Ward Larsen, and Jack Carr will love this gritty tropical aviation thriller packed with action, loyalty, and redemption beneath the blazing Florida sun.

Silent Waters launches the Sunburn Syndicate series, a high-octane blend of coastal intrigue, air-to-sea action, and the kind of hero who flies into danger when others turn back.