BLIND RUNNING is a thriller that follows the journey of Travis McQueen searching for a new beginning and peace of mind in a changed homeland that he left years earlier. After being discharged from the Army with a pocket full of medals and a bum arm earned in the mountains of Afghanistan, he returns to his hometown of Croxton, in rural Appalachia Kentucky. As he reconnects with himself, friends, family, and a past love interest, the harsh realities of murder, drugs, and corruption is realized. Dangers like the ones that he left in the war zone are right in his hometown.
Clara Stone gives up a privileged life to be a teacher in Dabolt, a small town in the mountains of Kentucky. While adjusting to the landscape and culture, she falls in love with Leo Turner, who comes from a humble background. The jealousy of Alfred Beck, a wealthy logging baron, combined with Leo being drafted threaten the couple’s future. As Leo experiences the brutality and carnage of World War I in the trenches of Europe, Clara endures hardship and death. After Leo watches his best friend, Godfrey Cooper, die on the battlefield and being wounded himself, he is discharged and returns home. The harsh reality of what occurred while he was away and what Clara has undergone test their souls and love. Together, they face peril as they experience revenge, sacrifice, and tragedy.
Obadiah “Obie” Poff challenges the world around him in order to forge his way through the ebb and flow of life. He is thrown into a realm of corruption, drugs, and injustice in economically downtrodden Estep County located in Appalachia Kentucky. Obie begins his journey when his father is found dead under mysterious circumstances. The quest to find out what happened leads him into the dark entrails of the county with Creek Rock, methamphetamine, ravaging its people and local kingpins ruling with an iron fist. Sheriff Murphy confronts these criminal elements, while trying to keep Obie safe from the evil that stalks him. The bindings of fraternal love of his older brother Jeremiah, who was killed in Iraq, and romantic love for Mandy, daughter of a kingpin, strengthens Obie’s resolve to solve the mystery of his father’s death. In the end, Obie’s courage and resolve is tested.