When Clay Aker returned to Texas after Central American drug lords murdered his fiancee, he didn't expect to find himself immersed in the random killing of tourists on the peaceful Guadalupe River. Sent by his editor to cover the increasing tension between conservationists and developers over environmental issues, Clay falls for Mary Frances Wiley, canoe livery owner and high school classmate who is battling to keep her land from being sold to oil interests bent on using pipeline right-of-way to pump oil across the fragile Hill Country. Senior outdoors writer "Sharkbait" Guy who mentors Clay through a series of natural resources issues and Deputy Sheriff Julio Ramirez who is investigating the disappearance of his niece, team up with Mary Frances and Clay to thwart the oil interests and uncover the killer. Set in the the Hill Country above New Braunfels, "Sever the Darkness" draws its strength from the rugged landscape and German and Mexican cultural influenences of the region.

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