BLOOD ON THE DEAD MILE (REAPERS OF LOST SOULS MC)

By Richard Harman

Blood on the Dead Mile Book One of the Reapers of Souls MC Series By Richard Harman Blood on the Dead Mile is a gritty motorcycle club thriller set in the fictional mountain town of Mercy Ridge, Tennessee, where the Reapers of Lost Souls MC rule the dangerous stretch of road known as the Dead Mile. The club is built on blood, loyalty, family, territory, and old sins that were buried long before the next generation was born. At the center of the story is the Mercer family, a multigenerational family tied deeply to the Reapers. The story follows the grandfather, the father, the sons, their wives, their children, and the club brothers who have spent their lives defending the patch. But the Reapers are not only fighting rival clubs and drug routes. They are fighting secrets inside their own history. As violence spreads through Mercy Ridge, the Reapers face threats from rival clubs, corrupt lawmen, hidden traffickers, and old enemies who know how to use paperwork, fear, and family against them. Their colors become more than a patch. They become a target. Rival clubs want their territory. Corrupt officials want their silence. The past wants revenge. The story begins as a motorcycle club war over territory and drug trafficking, but it grows into something darker. The Reapers discover that Mercy Ridge has been hiding an old system of corruption tied to missing children, secret routes, false custody papers, hidden trusts, and powerful people who used the law to cover evil. The club's past is tangled with a hidden organization known through old names like Canaan House, and the deeper the Mercer family digs, the more they learn that the sins of their fathers are still reaching for their children. Knox Mercer becomes one of the emotional centers of the book as he tries to protect his wife Savannah, his children Mason and Ella, and the rest of the family while struggling with the violent legacy of the club. Eli, Grace, Noah, Abel, Lorna, Clara, Ezekiel, and the rest of the family are pulled into a brutal fight where every secret uncovered leads to another wound. Children become the heart of the war, not because they are weak, but because the enemy knows family is the Reapers' strongest point and their deepest vulnerability. The book builds through gunfights, betrayals, hidden rooms, old ledgers, corrupt judges, rival club tension, and emotional family revelations. The Reapers fight not only to survive but to decide what kind of club they will become. They are forced to ask whether colors are worth anything if they protect the patch more than the people wearing it. By the end, the Reapers expose part of the old system, rescue children, uncover family truths, and begin tearing open the corruption buried beneath Mercy Ridge. But the ending makes it clear the war is not over. Saint Malloy may be gone, dead, or still hiding under another name. The name Gabriel Cross opens a new door, proving Canaan's reach may be bigger than anyone believed. Blood on the Dead Mile ends with the Reapers wounded but not broken, the Mercer family changed forever, and Mercy Ridge exposed as a town where every road carries blood, secrets, and unfinished business. The Reapers of Lost Souls thought they were fighting for territory. They were really fighting a buried empire built on stolen children, old money, corrupted law, and family blood. In Mercy Ridge, Tennessee, the Dead Mile does not forget. And neither do the souls left behind.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HHDCT2G6
• ISBN13: 9798197281036
• Release Date: May 2026
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 417 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.0" x 6.0"