From the #1 New York Times bestselling authors: Racing to uncover
the mystery of several severed feet found floating in the Gulf of
Mexico, Agent Pendergast is faced with the most inexplicable challenge
of his career.
A startling crime with dozens of victims. Appearing out of nowhere to
horrify the quiet resort town of Sanibel Island, Florida, dozens of
identical, ordinary-looking shoes float in on the tide and are washed up
on the tropical beach--each one with a crudely severed human foot
inside.
A ghastly enigma with no apparent solution. Called away from vacation
elsewhere in the state, Agent Pendergast reluctantly agrees to visit the
crime scene--and, despite himself, is quickly drawn in by the
incomprehensible puzzle. An early pathology report only adds to the
mystery. With an ocean of possibilities confronting the investigation,
no one is sure what happened, why, or from where the feet originated.
And they desperately need to know: are the victims still alive?
A worthy challenge for a brilliant mind. In short order, Pendergast
finds himself facing the most complex and inexplicable challenge of his
career: a tangled thread of evidence that spans seas and traverses
continents, connected to one of the most baffling mysteries in modern
medical science. Through shocking twists and turns, all trails lead back
to a powerful adversary with a sadistic agenda and who--in a cruel
irony--ultimately sees in Pendergast the ideal subject for their
malevolent research.
