West Point cadet Brooks Jenson is only months away from graduation, and he does not expect anything to block his path to a productive career in the Army. But when he finds fellow cadet Jed Figueroa murdered, everything takes a turn for the worst. Brooks is a witness who becomes a suspect as the investigation continues. As Brooks struggles through his classes and every other aspect of cadet life, he leans on friends, family and professors for support --- especially Colonel Zac Madison, a heroine of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars who now teaches at West Point. As the investigation into Jed’s death takes one startling turn after another, Brooks must find his footing if he wants to finish West Point alive.

Chloe Weaver is the oldest daughter in a conservative Christian family of Fayetteville, Arkansas. As she turns 30 and remains unmarried, Chloe begins to wonder if she’ll ever have the happy marriage and many kids she has been led to believe constitutes the perfect life. When her parents allow her to court Barnabas Anderson, Chloe knows she should be ecstatic. Instead, she is uncomfortable with the 12-year age gap between her and Barnabas. Besides, Barnabas has always been a little...weird. When Barnabas’ brother visits the Weavers, bringing tales of Barnabas’ previous wife and her untimely death, Chloe realizes how little she knows about Barnabas. As she prepares for a prayer assembly in San Francisco, where Barnabas used to live, Chloe decides to investigate his past and his wife’s death.