Christopher Reynolds

In the aftermath of bloodshed in Oregon, Craigston “Reckon” Broderick reaches San Francisco believing one chapter of violence is finally behind him. Then a coded telegram from his father changes everything: evidence survived the fire that killed Reckon’s wife and children, the Blackfoot story was a lie, and men tied to Denver are moving against what remains of his family.

What follows is a hard ride east through hostile country—watchers on the trail, hired guns in the dark, and a widening conspiracy built on land theft, political corruption, and murder. By the time Reckon reaches Denver, he is no longer chasing rumors.
He is closing in.

As the city tightens around him, Reckon finds allies in uneasy places and enemies in powerful ones. The truth buried in Denver is older, darker, and far more dangerous than he imagined.

And at the center of it all stands the one man behind the fire at last.

The Denver Cipher is Book Two of the Reckon Broderick series—a relentless pursuit of the truth where justice no longer rides in the open and every answer comes with a cost.