Policewoman Charlotte Monroe has cop instincts. Scratch that. There isnt a name for the gift she has, something that borders on psychic, an ability to read peoples faces and body language like the morning headlines to size up their intentions and act before they do. Its a real ability that the FBI is trying to teach to its agents. The bureau is spending millions so theyll know the difference between a slightly raised eyebrow and a faint twitch of the lip. But Charlottes a natural with god-given abilities, and the Feds want her in the worst way, maybe even to the point of blackmail. Still, Charlottes gift fails to prepare her for the stranger who shows up on her doorstep with a chilling warning for her husband, a mysterious note scrawled in Cherokee hieroglyphics and a promise of things to come: Youre Next.The warning becomes more ominous as Charlotte and her husband, Parker, discover the complex truth about this man, including his position on the FBI Most Wanted list and his connection to their family. When Charlottes deeply troubled teenage daughter runs away to join the charismatic outlaw, she follows the two of them into the spectral mists of the Great Smoky Mountainsand to the beating heart of a 150-year-old blood feud that will endanger everything she loves and challenge everything she believes.