An action-packed thriller about a man thrust headlong into a series of seemingly random deaths. Professor David Hamilton is living the American nightmare. With a career he hates, an ex-wife he still loves, and a drinking problem he denies, he has no idea how lucky he is. Beginning with a late-night phone call from Brussels, Hamilton embarks on an odyssey into the darker regions of madness and betrayal, a journey that will force him to confront an evil he can neither comprehend nor control. As the body count escalates, one horrific murder will make it personal, and he will have no choice but to forge alliances with characters as complex and lethal as the landscapes they inhabit.