New York: Bantam, 1998. dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel set in Sacramento, California - the return of vigilante hero, the nation's most herioc aerial warrior, now retired from the military - Patrick McClanahan. This begins with a detailed account of the production of meth - one which is owes its realism to the fact that Brown's wife is a retired narcotics detective. ISBN: 0-553-1106x.