John Hawkins is counting down his last days as chief of police on the
Lone Crow Reservation in the lonely, frigid woods of the Yukon. But when
a faceless body with mysterious wounds washes up on the shores of the
Porcupine River, he's pulled deeper in than ever before.
Hawkins and coroner Jacob Littlecorn suspect the disfigured body is that
of theoretical physicist Graham Raphelson, also known as the "molecular
madman of Trinity College", who recently disappeared. The two
investigators enlist Meg Gilday, a charter boat captain, and Linda
Raphelson to examine the place where her husband was last seen alive.
There, they find a house infested with more than secrets: bugs wriggle
behind the walls, and in the attic sits a bizarre machine cobbled
together from toy parts and electrical wire, a device that might be able
to tear a hole through the fabric of reality itself. When Meg and Jacob
get bitten and someone goes missing, Hawkins realizes that firing up the
machine might be the only way to solve the case.
Buzzing with suspense, this dark, gripping mystery from acclaimed horror
writer Nick Cutter will leave listeners' skin crawling.
