After his wife, Helen, is brazenly abducted before his eyes, Special
Agent Pendergast furiously pursues the kidnappers, chasing them across
the country and into Mexico. But then, things go terribly, tragically
wrong; the kidnappers escape; and a shattered Pendergast retreats to his
New York apartment and shuts out the world.
But when a string of bizarre murders erupts across several Manhattan
hotels-perpetrated by a boy who seems to have an almost psychic ability
to elude capture-NYPD Lieutenant D'Agosta asks his friend Pendergast for
help. Reluctant at first, Pendergast soon discovers that the killings
are a message from his wife's kidnappers. But why a message? And what
does it mean?
When the kidnappers strike again at those closest to Pendergast, the FBI
agent, filled anew with vengeful fury, sets out to track down and
destroy those responsible. His journey takes him deep into the trackless
forests of South America, where he ultimately finds himself face to face
with an old evil that-rather than having been eradicated-is stirring
anew... and with potentially world-altering consequences.
Confucius once said: "Before you embark on a journey of revenge, first
dig two graves." Pendergast is about to learn the hard way just how true
those words still ring.
