The lake was still. Too still.

When a lone hunter pushes his canoe into the quiet backwater, he's chasing nothing more than meat for the winter and a stretch of peace no town can offer. But the wilderness don't forget—and it don't forgive.

A single shot cracks across the water.

Then another.

And the hunt turns cold.

Tracks don't match the deer. The woods hold their breath. And somewhere beyond the trees, something is watching—something that doesn't scare easy and doesn't miss twice.

Now the hunter is alone, deep in country where the rules don't belong to men, and every step could be his last.

Because out here, the one holding the rifle ain't always the one in control.

And the water…

Remembers.

SHOT ACROSS STILL WATER is a hard-edged frontier tale of survival, instinct, and the moment a man realizes the wilderness has turned on him.