The Initiation

A dead girl in the mud. A candidate with a shattered mask. A secret that will last forty years. Silver Ridge, 1984. The "Golden Boy" Randall Sterling is one election away from the Senate, and Arthur Graves is the man pulling the strings. But when a midnight "accident" leaves the daughter of the town's biggest donor dead in a ditch, the strings begin to snap. To bury the truth, Arthur must call upon Colonel Frank Miller—a man who doesn't do favors, only transactions. In the suffocating darkness of the Peach Orchard, Arthur will learn that power isn't found in polling data or press releases. Real power is found in the weight of a shovel, the acrid sting of quicklime, and the cold finality of the Colonel's Black Ledger. As a "Missing Person" poster begins to haunt the campaign headquarters, Arthur must stand beside a grieving father and spin a masterpiece of political deception. But the red clay of Silver Ridge doesn't let go easily, and the initiation is only the beginning. How much would you pay to keep the sun from rising on your darkest sin? THE INITIATION is a chilling prequel to the Silver Ridge series, a Southern Gothic noir perfect for fans of True Detective, S.A. Cosby, and Sharp Objects.