"Hopes for a Simple Life Get Complicated..."
Deputy Jesse Pace returned home to be close to family, win back the affection of his high school sweetheart, and do some good in his community. Little does Jesse know, Breckenridge County has become an epicenter in the “War on Drugs.” Methamphetamine is strangling the small town of Argyles Landing and powerful forces are aligned to build a domestic drug cartel with the intent of extending its reach throughout the United States.
Breckenridge County is a well-researched, fast moving portrayal of the dangerous impacts and gritty elements of the meth epidemic taken from today’s headlines. It brings to light the malignancies simmering below the surface of almost every American community, large and small.
Jesse Pace is on the front lines, battling each day to keep children and decent folks safe from this scourge. Given the stealth nature and combined muscle of the forces united against him—the question may be—Will one man fighting this fight be enough?
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"In his ambitious first work, Andrew McNeill has called attention to an important and under-reported social issue -- the drug epidemic in rural America -- in a compelling and dramatic way. The story is fictional, yet some variation of it is unfolding in small towns at this very moment. Kudos to McNeill at the start of a promising writing career."
Billy Reed, Award-Winning Author of The Monarchs.
"McNeill was right on the money when he wrote this book. Although it is a work of fiction it reads like fact. McNeill has created a complex character in Jesse Pace. This eye opening book is well-researched. The plot is sadly realistic. The author successfully captures the essence of the rural southern culture. Too often our officials find it easier to ignore what is going on in their back yard or to assist in it. This book has it all: conspiracy, corruption, drugs, suspense, racism, perverts, and romance."
Readers Favorite 5 Star Review
"McNeill weaves a fast-paced modern morality play. A local boy turned deputy sheriff does ultimately bloody battle with an unholy alliance of Mexican drug cartels, neo-Nazis and corrupt politicians. This evil axis is behind a ripped-from-the-headlines methamphetamine menace like the one that is ruining so many lives in the real rural America that McNeill obviously knows well."
John David Dyche, columnist Courier Journal.