For nearly a year, former FBI agent Darren Lockhart has served as police chief and protector of Crayton, Minnesota. Having already tracked down three killers, the world has finally slowed down enough for him to find some peace. Then the fires start. Escalating in size and impending danger, Lockhart finds himself dealing with a new deputy and an unorthodox arson inspector with his own secrets. The stakes have never been so high and before it is all over, neither Crayton nor Darren Lockhart will ever be the same.