Book Description

In this page-turner from debut novelist Danny T. Ferguson, four men--two good and two evil--are zealously headed on a quadruple collision course, a course destined to change the legal and political future of America. VOW OF VENGEANCE Grayson Forrest, a neophyte lawyer fresh out of JAG, is appointed to defend a young Caymanian who's been wrongly accused of murdering a mother and her infant children. Alexander Spotswood Brotherton is the ambitious governor of Virginia whose claim to fame is the fast track death penalty law, which he hopes will catapult him into the White House. Retired Marine Gunny Vernon frantically searches for his adopted daughter who has been kidnapped by a man who bears a striking resemblance to the infamous 18th Century pirate Blackbeard. Fighting desperately to defend his client against the awesome power of a political machine and a fast track death penalty law, Forrest seeks to prove the young man's claim that a large, bearded sailor is responsible for the murders. Along the way, Forrest makes an incredible discovery--the culprit is actually a DNA-connected, genetic mutation of the most notorious pirate of all time. He's a demented giant, a triple murderer, and a ruthless kidnapper, who is now seeking to fulfill his revered predecessor's VOW OF VENGEANCE. In hot pursuit of the Blackbeard look-alike, Gunny Vernon traverses the gale-ridden waters of North Carolina's Outer Banks, north to Chesapeake Bay, then to Hampton Roads Harbor where all four worlds collide in a sensational gun battle. With the clock ticking away, and an innocent man about to die, the old Marine fights to save his daughter as the surrogate of Satan meets the emissary of goodness in anunforgettable coup de grace. A galvanizing story of kidnapping, murder, love, and pirate legend, this contemporary legal thriller simmers with suspense, ending with a heart-stopping climax. DANNY T. FERGUSON has been a lawyer for thirty-one years. A board certified criminal law specialist, the author has been involved in hundreds of criminal trials, including numerous capital murder cases. Maintaining a waterfront home in Bath, North Carolina's oldest town and near the ancient haunts of Blackbeard, the author has a great interest in coastal history. He lives in Winston-Salem, North Carolina with his wife Betty, and their black lab Delilah. Vow of Vengeance is his first novel.