The Reckoning

A Frank Kane Thriller

By: David Lee Corley

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Some monsters hunt monsters.

The call comes at dawn, cutting through the Maine fog like a blade. Grace's voice carries a fear that chills Frank Kane to the bone—her college roommate Sarah Crow Dog has vanished from the Standing Rock Reservation. The tribal police dismiss it as another young woman who couldn't handle reservation life, but Grace knows better. Sarah is Lakota strong, connected to the land and her people. She would never just disappear. When Frank arrives in the Badlands, he finds a community paralyzed by fear and corruption. Girls have been vanishing for months, but no one talks, no one investigates, and anyone who asks too many questions tends to have accidents. What Frank uncovers is a nightmare beyond imagination—a massive human trafficking ring operating beneath the cover of an illegal fracking operation. The traffickers have turned the sacred lands into a hunting ground, preying on Native American women with impunity. But this isn't just another criminal enterprise. The operation is protected by Ghost Warriors—elite mercenaries equipped with military-grade active camouflage technology that renders them nearly invisible. These aren't street thugs or common criminals. They're professional killers who can appear and disappear like phantoms, leaving death in their wake. The local authorities are either bought off or too terrified to act. The FBI won't touch a case on sovereign land. The tribal council is fractured and powerless. Sarah and dozens of other women are trapped in a hell that officially doesn't exist. But the Ghost Warriors have made one fatal mistake—they've drawn the attention of Frank Kane. In the unforgiving landscape of the Badlands, where justice is as scarce as water and corruption runs deeper than the Missouri River, Frank must become something more dangerous than the monsters he hunts. Because when the reckoning comes, even ghosts can bleed.