A high-stakes, compulsively readable political thriller.
Attaway’s third installment in the Atkins Family Low Country Saga takes readers into a tightly coiled narrative where reputations harden into myth, power is exercised quietly, and old violence continues to dictate present-day lives. The story follows brothers Walker and Eli Atkins, fifteen years after a brutal murder defined their past. When Walker’s legal work draws him into a confrontation with South Carolina’s most powerful political family, long-buried secrets begin to surface. As the Dunsmore dynasty closes ranks to protect itself, Walker turns to Eli, and the brothers are forced into a dangerous race to expose the truth, one that could destroy a political empire and finally redefine who they are.
Attaway layers family history, political maneuvering, and personal grievance with restraint. Charleston’s social and political circles feel lived-in and unsparing, a place where memory circulates freely and no one fully escapes the roles assigned to them decades earlier. Attaway’s writing is clear and confident. He trusts readers to follow implication instead of being guided by explanation. Walker and Eli are formed by the same defining event, yet their opposing responses introduce a subtle fracture in their relationship. Legal maneuvering and political ambition progress in a controlled, believable manner, without unnecessary dramatics. The antagonists are most effective in their patience, exercising power through careful management rather than intimidation. Even as the story moves beyond the Low Country, it keeps its attention on consequence and resists easy moral conclusions. The result is a grounded thriller that values credibility and psychological weight over simple resolution.
Lovers of slow-burn thrillers grounded in family and power will want to take a look.
Publisher Bublish
Pub date March 10, 2026
ISBN 979-8-89989-083-3
