Stewart Schwensen

Alex and C.D. are bringing home a group of children who participated in "Kids in Government Day," when they are taken hostage by kidnappers who bury their bus deep in mud, and Walker must rescue them before an oncoming cyclone hits.

After a dangerous convict escapes from prison, where he was serving a life sentence, and begins killing those involved in his incarceration, Walker and Trivette set out to end his reign of terror before he murders Arthur McSpadden, the judge who presided over his case and is now a popular author.

When a battered woman provides the authorities with information about her husband's large scale drug processing operation, Walker must protect her from the husband's wrath.