Devastated by the discovery that his wife, Helen, was murdered, SpecialAgent Pendergast must have retribution. But revenge is not simple. As hestalks his wife's betrayers - a chase that takes him from the wild moors ofScotland to the bustling streets of New York City and the darkest bayous ofLouisiana - he is also forced to dig further into Helen's past. And he
isstunned to learn that Helen may have been a collaborator in her own murder.Peeling back the layers of deception, Pendergast realizes that theconspiracy is deeper, goes back generations, and is more monstrous than hecould have ever imagined - and everything he's believed, everything he'strusted, everything he's understood ...may be a horrific lie.