By Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child
After his spouse, Helen, is openly kidnapped ahead of his eyes, detailed Agent Pendergast furiously pursues the abductors, chasing them around the state and into Mexico. yet then, issues pass extraordinarily, tragically incorrect; the abductors break out; and a shattered Pendergast retreats to his big apple house and shuts out the world.
But whilst a string of surprising murders erupts throughout a number of ny hotels-perpetrated by way of a boy who turns out to have a nearly psychic skill to elude capture—NYPD Lieutenant D'Agosta asks his buddy Pendergast for support. Reluctant firstly, Pendergast quickly discovers that the killings are a message from his wife's kidnappers. yet why a message? And what does it mean?
When the abductors strike back at these closest to Pendergast, the FBI agent, crammed anew with vengeful fury, units out to trace down and spoil these liable. His trip takes him deep into the trackless forests of South the USA, the place he eventually reveals himself nose to nose with an outdated evil that—rather than having been eradicated—is stirring anew... and with in all likelihood world-altering consequences.
Confucius as soon as stated: "Before you embark on a trip of revenge, first dig graves." Pendergast is set to profit the challenging approach simply how precise these phrases nonetheless ring.
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