Tough enough to handle anything--pirates, prisons, sharks, and French socialites--Jamie comes face-to-face with the ultimate evil in a quiet seaside town in Delaware. n nThe legendary author of The Outsiders returns with her first new novel in more than fifteen years! n nAn orphan and a bastard, Jamie grew up tough enough to handle almost anything. He survived foreign prisons, smugglers, pirates, gunrunners, and shark attacks. But what he finds in the quote town of Hawkes Harbor, Delaware, was enough to drive him almost insane--and change his life forever.n