Preston & Child continue their #1 bestselling series featuring FBI Special Agent Pendergast and Constance Greene, as they take a final stand against New York´s deadliest serial killer: Pendergast´s own ancestor…and Constance´s greatest enemy.
A desperate bargain is broken…
Constance Greene confronts Manhattan´s most dangerous serial killer, Enoch Leng, bartering for her sister´s life - but she is betrayed and turned away empty-handed, incandescent with rage.
A clever trap is set…
Unknown to Leng, Pendergast´s brother, Diogenes, appears unexpectedly, offering to help-for mysterious reasons of his own. Disguised as a cleric, Diogenes establishes himself in New York´s notorious Five Points slum, manipulating events like a chess master, watching Leng´s every move…and awaiting his own chance to strike.
A vengeful angel will not be deterred…
Meanwhile, as Pendergast focuses on saving the unstable Constance in her fanatical quest for vengeance, she strikes out on her own: to rescue her beloved siblings from a tragic fate and take savage retribution on Leng. But Leng is one step ahead and has a surprise for them all…