#1 New York Times bestselling author Kathy Reichsās twenty-second high-stakes thriller! In this āattention-grabbingā (Booklist) narrative, forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan follows a series of bizarre disappearances on the islands of Turks and Caicos and enters a sinister labyrinth in which a new technology may wreak worldwide havoc.
Called in to examine what is left of a person thought to have been struck by lightning, Tempe traces an unusual tattoo to its source and is soon embroiled in something much larger. Young menātouristsāhave been disappearing on the islands of Turks and Caicos. Seven years earlier, the first victim was found in a strange location with his left hand hacked off; subsequently, two other visitors vanished without a trace. But recently, tantalizing leads have emergedā¦
Maddeningly, the victims seem to have nothing in commonāother than the odd places where their bodies turn up, and the fact that none seems likely to have been involved in criminal activity. Do these attacks have something to do with the islandsā culture of gang violence? Tempe isnāt so sureābut she soon discovers evidence that whatās at stake may have global significance, and the sound of a ticking clock grows menacingly loud. Then Tempe herself becomes a targetā¦