Wayne Ince launches a gripping Marcus Johnson thriller that blends small town crime, moral complexity, and relentless action.
NEW YORK CITY, NY, UNITED STATES, February 16, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — In Sweetwater Reckoning: A Marcus Johnson Thriller, author Wayne Ince delivers a high stakes crime novel that examines what happens when a soldier’s war does not end overseas. Set along Florida’s Gulf Coast, the story follows military veteran Marcus Johnson as he returns to his hometown of Sweetwater seeking peace, only to discover that the violence he hoped to escape has found him once again.
Marcus comes home carrying visible and invisible scars from combat, longing for quiet and healing. Instead, he finds a town transformed. The familiar streets of Sweetwater conceal corruption, criminal enterprise, and a growing tension that erupts when a brutal murder shatters the community’s fragile calm. What was once a place of refuge quickly becomes a battleground.
As the investigation deepens and bodies begin to pile up, Marcus is pulled into a deadly confrontation where his military training becomes both an asset and a burden. Caught between corrupt local officials and dangerous criminals operating in the shadows, he navigates a landscape where trust is a liability and truth is deliberately obscured. The deeper he digs, the clearer it becomes that the forces at work threaten not only the town, but everything he holds dear.
Ince crafts Marcus Johnson as a complex protagonist, driven by a soldier’s sense of duty yet haunted by the ghosts of war. The novel explores the
psychological toll of combat and the challenge of reintegration into civilian life. Marcus is not merely fighting external enemies. He is wrestling with moral questions about justice, loyalty, and how far he is willing to go to protect the innocent.
Sweetwater Reckoning balances pulse pounding action with ethical tension. Each confrontation forces Marcus to weigh sacrifice against survival, and principle against pragmatism. As enemies close in from all sides and time runs short, he must decide what justice truly costs and whether he is prepared to pay the price.
With vivid pacing and a keen sense of atmosphere, Wayne Ince establishes Sweetwater as more than a backdrop. It becomes a character in its own right, a place where reckoning is inevitable and where some debts are settled in blood. The novel launches what promises to be a compelling series centered on Marcus Johnson, a hero forged by fire and tested at home.
The book is now available — secure your copy here: https://a.co/d/038Xs3dO
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Wayne Ince
BrightKey PR
wayneaince@gmail.com
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