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Dark Winter: A Gritty Vigilante Crime Thriller
*Mature content. May not be suitable for some readers.*
Their darkest secrets were revealed, and John Sole had no choice.
"Don’t stop. Keep moving. Eyes straight ahead, foot on the gas."Trapped by a brutal upper midwest blizzard, John Sole finds himself stranded in a small South Dakota town. The locals welcome him and quickly make him part of their community. He begins to seriously consider resettling there, in a place where his past no longer matters and the future can be whatever he makes of it.
A murder, a dead cop, and a truck holding a terrible secret inside change all that. Sole teams up with a local deputy to find the killers and unlock the secrets of the truck. In the process, he comes full circle with his past.
Fans of John Wick, Taken, The Equalizer, and Death Wish will love this gripping crime thriller with a vigilante twist.From bestselling author, Glenn Trust, the fifth thriller in the Sole Justice Series is a gripping story that could have come from the headlines and throws light into some of society's darkest corners
Their darkest secrets were revealed, and John Sole had no choice.
"Don’t stop. Keep moving. Eyes straight ahead, foot on the gas."Trapped by a brutal upper midwest blizzard, John Sole finds himself stranded in a small South Dakota town. The locals welcome him and quickly make him part of their community. He begins to seriously consider resettling there, in a place where his past no longer matters and the future can be whatever he makes of it.
A murder, a dead cop, and a truck holding a terrible secret inside change all that. Sole teams up with a local deputy to find the killers and unlock the secrets of the truck. In the process, he comes full circle with his past.
Fans of John Wick, Taken, The Equalizer, and Death Wish will love this gripping crime thriller with a vigilante twist.From bestselling author, Glenn Trust, the fifth thriller in the Sole Justice Series is a gripping story that could have come from the headlines and throws light into some of society's darkest corners
- GenresThriller
389 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 10, 2022
49 people are currently reading
27 people want to read
About the author
Glenn Trust
57 books258 followersThe lightning waits for us. When it calls we will go.
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With that out of the way, let's begin.
This is the blah, blah, blah section. You know the author’s “glory page” where he gets to tell you grandiose things about himself and the deeper meaning of his work. Whatever.
I write books. Seriously, that's what I get to do every day. It's great.
I have been fortunate to author some that have achieved bestseller status, including The Hunters Series of mystery suspense thrillers. It took me a lot of years to get to that point, but I wouldn't trade any of them for a minute. I love writing books for you and the journey that brought me here.
I am a native of the south, Georgia specifically. I spent much of my life there, but I have lived in many other places as well. We moved a lot when I was young. Eventually, we ended up back in Georgia in my teens where I finished school and went to work.
I wanted to write from an early age. A really long time ago, when I was still a young police officer in Georgia, I was writing short stories in my spare time and sending them off to magazines. One day I received one back in the mail.
Life Happened
Attached to it was a nice handwritten letter from an editor (this was long before the days of email and texts). The story manuscript was folded and smudged, and there were coffee cup rings on the edges of a couple of pages, which told me they had actually read it, maybe discussed it around an editorial table, or just used it to sop up the coffee.
In her letter, the editor said a lot of things that I don't remember, but it was not the usual form letter that I was accustomed to receiving. It was original and personal.
She said they liked my story, had strongly considered it for publication, but that it wasn't quite believable. Disappointed as I was, I was struck by her last words to me..."Don't stop writing. You're good at this. We almost bought this one."
I remember staring at that a long time. Then I folded it up and tucked it in a file and...stopped writing.
I wish I could tell you a different story, but I can't. I stopped writing for many years.
There were lots of reasons. Yes, I was disappointed, but the letter that should have encouraged me not to give up was forgotten.
Life happened. Dreams of writing were pushed aside by other things...important things.
Mostly I needed money for my young family. In the 1970s, police officers in Georgia were not paid a lot even by the standards of the day. I worked part-time jobs whenever I wasn't working at the police department. Many weeks I had no days off at all.
I'm not unhappy that I did my best to take care of my family. It was the right thing to do and working for them was the joy of my life.
Children grew up; then grandchildren came along. More life happened.
Then...The Internet Appeared
Out of the blue, this thing called the internet appeared and guess what. I was at a point in life when I didn't need to work part-time jobs every spare minute of the day. I could write again.
It's different these days. I can publish a book whether I convince an agent or editor to read it or not. I am an independent writer/publisher, an “Indie.”
It’s a partnership between us, writer and reader, and it's a marvelous thing.
Don't be a Follower -- Make Your Dream Real
It took many years to get here. Life is like that, with lots of twists and turns and surprises. I like it that way.
Now, I write every day, so here's my parting advice.
Don’t follow your dreams. Followers get nowhere except up the backside of the person in front.
Work and make your dream a reality.
Pick up your Free copy of Lightning in the Clouds. Just click or follow this URL https://dl.bookfunnel.com/7046vhk5f9
With that out of the way, let's begin.
This is the blah, blah, blah section. You know the author’s “glory page” where he gets to tell you grandiose things about himself and the deeper meaning of his work. Whatever.
I write books. Seriously, that's what I get to do every day. It's great.
I have been fortunate to author some that have achieved bestseller status, including The Hunters Series of mystery suspense thrillers. It took me a lot of years to get to that point, but I wouldn't trade any of them for a minute. I love writing books for you and the journey that brought me here.
I am a native of the south, Georgia specifically. I spent much of my life there, but I have lived in many other places as well. We moved a lot when I was young. Eventually, we ended up back in Georgia in my teens where I finished school and went to work.
I wanted to write from an early age. A really long time ago, when I was still a young police officer in Georgia, I was writing short stories in my spare time and sending them off to magazines. One day I received one back in the mail.
Life Happened
Attached to it was a nice handwritten letter from an editor (this was long before the days of email and texts). The story manuscript was folded and smudged, and there were coffee cup rings on the edges of a couple of pages, which told me they had actually read it, maybe discussed it around an editorial table, or just used it to sop up the coffee.
In her letter, the editor said a lot of things that I don't remember, but it was not the usual form letter that I was accustomed to receiving. It was original and personal.
She said they liked my story, had strongly considered it for publication, but that it wasn't quite believable. Disappointed as I was, I was struck by her last words to me..."Don't stop writing. You're good at this. We almost bought this one."
I remember staring at that a long time. Then I folded it up and tucked it in a file and...stopped writing.
I wish I could tell you a different story, but I can't. I stopped writing for many years.
There were lots of reasons. Yes, I was disappointed, but the letter that should have encouraged me not to give up was forgotten.
Life happened. Dreams of writing were pushed aside by other things...important things.
Mostly I needed money for my young family. In the 1970s, police officers in Georgia were not paid a lot even by the standards of the day. I worked part-time jobs whenever I wasn't working at the police department. Many weeks I had no days off at all.
I'm not unhappy that I did my best to take care of my family. It was the right thing to do and working for them was the joy of my life.
Children grew up; then grandchildren came along. More life happened.
Then...The Internet Appeared
Out of the blue, this thing called the internet appeared and guess what. I was at a point in life when I didn't need to work part-time jobs every spare minute of the day. I could write again.
It's different these days. I can publish a book whether I convince an agent or editor to read it or not. I am an independent writer/publisher, an “Indie.”
It’s a partnership between us, writer and reader, and it's a marvelous thing.
Don't be a Follower -- Make Your Dream Real
It took many years to get here. Life is like that, with lots of twists and turns and surprises. I like it that way.
Now, I write every day, so here's my parting advice.
Don’t follow your dreams. Followers get nowhere except up the backside of the person in front.
Work and make your dream a reality.
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June 4, 2024
In one of my earlier reviews of the books in this series, I said that Glenn Trust reminded me of Don Pendleton, and that the Sole Justice series reminded me of the Mack Bolan, The Executioner Series. With the passing of time, The Executioner series gave birth to four spin-off series—Able Team, Phoenix Force, Stony Man, and Mack Bolan—and with Dark Winter – I see the same thing in the future the Sole Justice Series. I’ve already started reading the next book in the series, Shadow Man, and the parallel is holding true. Mack Bolan, during his time in Vietnam earned two appellations—The Executioner and Seargent Mercy. Both can be applied to John Sole.
Glenn Trust is the master when it comes to tying up loose ends with the current story being told, even when that takes us several years in the future, as in Dark Winter. As Dark Winter ends, so does John Sole’s lone war against the cartels. It sort of reminds me of how I was recruited from Air Force Intelligence into a Black Ops group that no one knew about. I’m not going to say anything more about that, you’ll have to read Dark Winter and Shadow Man to see what I’m talking about. Let’s just say that this plot twist increases the tension and excitement tenfold.
If you only read one new series this year, make it the Sole Justice Thriller series.
Glenn Trust is the master when it comes to tying up loose ends with the current story being told, even when that takes us several years in the future, as in Dark Winter. As Dark Winter ends, so does John Sole’s lone war against the cartels. It sort of reminds me of how I was recruited from Air Force Intelligence into a Black Ops group that no one knew about. I’m not going to say anything more about that, you’ll have to read Dark Winter and Shadow Man to see what I’m talking about. Let’s just say that this plot twist increases the tension and excitement tenfold.
If you only read one new series this year, make it the Sole Justice Thriller series.
August 10, 2022
A co.spelling read.
I'm the fifth book of the Sole Justice series Trust moves away from the his home territory of the South to South Dakota. John Sole, Marine vet, former cop and now futility e from the cartel, since up in a tiny town, trapped by winter weather. Sole, whose family was killed by The cartel (and who, through the previous four books had taken vengeance) can't help but side with victims and puts down a gang member beating up on an old man and his wife, so he's on the rum.
At the same time, a teenager runaway is befriended in Seattle but then wakes up in the back of a truck with others, being sent somewhere. Then there's the wealthy but unscrupulous rancher and his wife, his powerful guests and more. Trust does a fine job of weaving all his storylines together. In the end, some has made a FEW contact, setting up at least a sixth volume to come.
One way to know if Sole is a worthy series would be to start with this volume. If it appeals to you as I suspect it will, go for the rest of the series. And then check out Trust's other works as well. I'm looking forward to the next chapter in Sole's saga.
I'm the fifth book of the Sole Justice series Trust moves away from the his home territory of the South to South Dakota. John Sole, Marine vet, former cop and now futility e from the cartel, since up in a tiny town, trapped by winter weather. Sole, whose family was killed by The cartel (and who, through the previous four books had taken vengeance) can't help but side with victims and puts down a gang member beating up on an old man and his wife, so he's on the rum.
At the same time, a teenager runaway is befriended in Seattle but then wakes up in the back of a truck with others, being sent somewhere. Then there's the wealthy but unscrupulous rancher and his wife, his powerful guests and more. Trust does a fine job of weaving all his storylines together. In the end, some has made a FEW contact, setting up at least a sixth volume to come.
One way to know if Sole is a worthy series would be to start with this volume. If it appeals to you as I suspect it will, go for the rest of the series. And then check out Trust's other works as well. I'm looking forward to the next chapter in Sole's saga.
August 27, 2023
A fantastic series
This was a difficult story to read due to the unimaginable horrors and tragedies involved. The situations have many names, but there are no words to describe the evil that the victims, families, as well as all honest law enforcement, that have been affected.
Although it's always difficult to read these types of stories, I can only hope that it brings awareness to others, and that it may help one or more of the victims/survivors.
I would definitely recommend this book, series, and outstanding author.
This was a difficult story to read due to the unimaginable horrors and tragedies involved. The situations have many names, but there are no words to describe the evil that the victims, families, as well as all honest law enforcement, that have been affected.
Although it's always difficult to read these types of stories, I can only hope that it brings awareness to others, and that it may help one or more of the victims/survivors.
I would definitely recommend this book, series, and outstanding author.
January 3, 2025
a very powerful story
Another great read with John Sole trying to distance himself from people who truly grow on him as friendships start. Sobering how child slavery is brought to the reader, with names and faces that have stories that breaks your heart. A must read for everyone.
Another great read with John Sole trying to distance himself from people who truly grow on him as friendships start. Sobering how child slavery is brought to the reader, with names and faces that have stories that breaks your heart. A must read for everyone.
April 25, 2023
DARK WINTER
I found the manner in which the author dealt with the issues to be very interesting. While it is a good fictional story the manner in which cartels manage human trafficking (which is not fiction) is very concerning.
I found the manner in which the author dealt with the issues to be very interesting. While it is a good fictional story the manner in which cartels manage human trafficking (which is not fiction) is very concerning.
August 5, 2022
Up to his normal exemplary standard - a good read!
October 26, 2022
Great Writing Skillset!
I have just finished reading books 1 through 5, and want more. I am a fan for life....
Perhaps your talents are on par with Tom Clancy?
I have just finished reading books 1 through 5, and want more. I am a fan for life....
Perhaps your talents are on par with Tom Clancy?
May 23, 2023
It was a really good story, like the fourth book better.
December 2, 2023
Wow
Incredible story! I love how you "finish" the story. Authors sometimes seem almost anxious to get it done.
Very glad I started following.
Incredible story! I love how you "finish" the story. Authors sometimes seem almost anxious to get it done.
Very glad I started following.
September 20, 2025
good read
February 1, 2026
Great read that makes you wait to read cover to cover
Best book in the series so far. Starting book six shortly and I am sure I'll be waiting for book seven to come out.
Best book in the series so far. Starting book six shortly and I am sure I'll be waiting for book seven to come out.
March 8, 2024
Locations/settings: [Mexico: Lázaro Cárdenas; South Dakota: Sioux Falls, Alder in Blanken County (fictional), Canistota, Rapid City Regional Airport, Pierre, Mitchell; Washington: Seattle, Green Lake Park; Texas: Houston; Pacific Coast Highway; Illinois: Augustana University, Rock Island; Utah: Salt Lake City; Arizona, Colorado; Louisiana: I-10; Florida: Jacksonville; Georgia: Cassit Pass Cemetery (fictional town)]
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