In New
York Times
bestselling
author Andrew
Gross's
propulsive
thriller, set
amid the
drought-stricken
oil country of
Colorado's
beautiful high
plains, Ty Hauck
makes his
long-awaited
return rallying
beaten-down
farmers and
ranchers against
a giant energy
company in a
deadly
confrontation
involving
murder,
retaliation, and
cover-up.
Leading
a tour down the
rapids outside
Aspen, Colorado,
whitewater guide
Dani Whalen
comes upon the
dead body of a
close friend.
Trey Watkins's
death is ruled
an accident.
Finding evidence
that seems to
back up her
suspicions that
it wasn't, she
takes her case
to Wade Dunn,
the local police
chief and her
ex-stepfather,
with whom she
shares some
unresolved
history. Wade
insists the case
is closed, but
Rooster, a hot
air balloon
operator in
town, claims he
saw something
from the air she
should know.
When he suddenly
dies in a fiery
crash, Dani
threatens to
take her
suspicions
public, goading
Wade into
tossing her in
jail.
When an
old friend
contacts Ty
Hauck and says
his daughter is
in trouble, he
doesn't hesitate
to get involved.
Together, the
two step into a
sinister scheme
running deep
beneath the
surface of a
quiet, Colorado
town that has
made a deal with
the devil to
survive. But in
the square off
between giant
energy companies
and beaten-down
ranchers and
farmers, one
resource is even
more valuable in
this
drought-stricken
region than oil.
They both will
kill for
it—water.
One
Mile Under
is a thrilling
rapid run of
hair-raising
twists and
unforeseen turns
set against one
of the most
provocative
environmental
issues of our
time.
