"One of the most viewed paintings in American history, Custer's Last Fight, copied and distributed by Anheuser-Busch at a rate of over two million copies a year, was destroyed in a fire at the 7th Cavalry Headquarters in Fort Bliss, Texas, in 1946. Or was it? When Charley Lee Stillwater dies of an apparent heart attack at the Wyoming Home for Soldiers & Sailors, Walt Longmire is called in to try and make sense of a piece of a painting and a Florsheim...

Since the sudden, suspicious death of his parents, Damien has been in the care of his wealthy aunt and uncle. Now in military school, Damien relentlessly plots to seize control of his uncle's business empire and ultimately the world. And anyone attempting to unravel the mystery of his connection to the grisly events that occur around him will meet with and equally horrific and cruel demise!

It had been a typical New Year's Eve party, but as midnight approaches, Mr. Satterthwaite -- a keen observer of human nature -- senses that the real drama of the evening is about to unfold. He's proved right when a mysterious stranger knocks at the door. Who is this Mr. Quin? He seems to appear and disappear almost like a trick of light. In fact, the only consistent thing about him is that his presence is always an omen -- sometimes for good, but...