Böcker av Rick Lawin

Former police aviator, Jake Cahill, and family are happily ensconced on his late parent's legacy Sierra ranch, Tierra del Puma, Land of the Cougar. Life bustles for Jake, Valerie, and daughter Sarah. But then a private investigator arrives at the ranch seeking to rent a secluded cabin and making a request. She asks Jake's friend, retired FBI agent Mark Kincaid, to assist her with a small innocuous case she has pending. Suddenly, Mark finds himself treading ever so lightly through a series of events that swirl around an influential pastor and his ministry. Suspicions abound as to what hides beneath that spiritual umbrella. Jake unexpectedly finds himself embroiled in the mystery when he discovers something decidedly unusual that lies over the fence line of Tierra del Puma. Vague and twisting clues ultimately lead to a confrontation where confessions can be deadly. Meanwhile, Valerie must reconcile a new reality and the weight of a decision to tell her family. And, within the Sierra breeze, The Legend of Tierra del Puma will reveal itself to a stranger who must fulfill an obligation that could make the difference between life and death.

Jake Cahill is a pilot for the Los Angeles Police Department who has become restless and bored with flying over the City. He's torn between duty with the LAPD and a strange beckoning to return home and run his late parent's ranch, Tierra Del Puma, Land of the Cougar. But decisions come hard, and the dangers of the job continue. Jake's life suddenly takes a strange spin when, by a series of odd coincidences and a chance encounter, he meets a woman named Valerie Paige, who unknowingly possesses an ancient secret of Tierra Del Puma. However, powerful people seek ownership of the legacy mountain ranch, and they plan to get it by any means necessary. As Valerie and Jake's lives cross paths, they both become ensnared in a deadly confrontation that will test their bravery and will to survive. Dangerous events unfold as Valerie discovers a 175-year-old promise and the obligation that comes with it.

Why would an inexperienced young woman go for a solo hike in the High Sierra a year ago, and never return? That is the question Jake Cahill must answer. The former police aviator, owner of the Tierra del Puma ranch, teams up with former FBI agent Mark Kincaid to search for the girl, or her body. As the two men uncover the circuitous route taken by their subject, industrial espionage and international intrigue intrude on the search. All the while, Valerie Cahill senses her connection to the enigmatic ranch has changed. As events collide into a swirl of danger and revelations, Tierra del Puma, the land of the cougar, will be threatened with a maelstrom of destruction that may forever change futures and legends.

The Legend of Tierra del Puma continues... Valerie and Jake Cahill have finally made it to the solitude of Tierra del Puma, Jake's family legacy ranch. His days as an LAPD pilot have come to an end, and together the couple have left the dangers and drama of LA behind, or so they thought. A violent storm rages over the Sierras. Something is ejected from the tempest brew of angry clouds and plummets into the ranch backcountry. Unbeknownst to the Cahills a clandestine search is underway to locate whatever fell from the furious sky. Meanwhile, a new arrival at the ranch carries a secret. It is a secret that will place the young wrangler and the Cahills on a collision course with those that will stop at nothing to recover what lies buried in the snowy depths of Tear Drop Pass. Events quickly unfold into a vicious, rapid-fire confrontation pitting Jake and Valerie against forces that reach far beyond the Sierra Nevada. Yet, in the midst of chaos, a longstanding legend remains; the namesake of the ranch. The elusive guardian may again be called upon to prove that the land will always be "La Tierra del Puma."