Official Website for Author Aletheia Preston
Official Website for Author Aletheia Preston
A murder deep in the remote Flat Tops Wilderness, the body arranged ritualistically. Sheriff Colcord and CBI Agent Cash are thrust into a case that defies logic–and tests their resolve. The evidence is unfathomable, the crime scene eerie, and whispers of something older, darker, and deliberate echo through the towering mountains. As the two investigators dig deeper, they uncover a tangled web of ancient rituals, hidden motives, and a killer who is always one step ahead. Every clue only leads to more questions, every lead to more danger. And in a place where something in the woods seems to watch their every move, Colcord and Cash realize this isn’t just a murder–it’s a message. One they may not survive long enough to understand.
In the third novel in the New York Times bestselling series that started with EXTINCTION, Cash and Colcord investigate a puzzling and shocking series of killings outside a resort town—the Neanders are back!
A billionaire and his wife are murdered in their mansion outside Vail, Colorado, and their daughter kidnapped by Neanderthals resurrected in a genetic experiment. Cash and Colcord team up with FBI Special Agent Makoto Ota to take charge of the investigation. While Ota ruthlessly pursues the Neanders through a vast and deep network of abandoned mines, the Vail summer season goes into full swing.
Meanwhile, a series of brutal but apparently unconnected killings take place outside the resort town, until Cash and Colcord realize the Neanders have a mysterious and ancient weapon, an ingenious plan—and a most unexpected target.
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