Coop thought it couldn't get worse than taking a bullet. Unfortunately, his troubles are only beginning.---Forced into early retirement at 40, former advertising rainmaker Grayson Cooper is no stranger to demons; he has fought them much of his life. Newly sober, "Coop" is finding himself again, living on a boat in his hometown of Manteo, North Carolina, and working as a Marine Patrol contractor for the Dare County Sheriff. Life is great; until he disrupts a human smuggling ring and gets shot. Coop is derailing his own efforts to heal, rejecting the help offered by others and avoiding the work necessary to keep his life on track. His girlfriend and Sheriff's Deputy Zaina Majik is pursuing the smuggling kingpin, a man she knows only as Jefe. The more "Magic" investigates, the more convinced she is Coop's life is in grave danger.Peril is once again looming over North Carolina's Outer Banks. Can Coop focus enough to save all that is precious to him? Or will his inner demons distract him and ultimately destroy everything he holds dear?