For Amanda Wells, it was flight from abductors whose plan to kidnap her daughter had been foiled. Not only could she identify them, but they knew she was wanted for the loss of a seminal manuscript of the ancient Roman world... Worse, Amanda and her children were in a rental sedan suitable for sunny rides down the beach promenade. Ahead of them was a climb of six thousand feet into the Alps... And those whom she needed most... were facing horrific new realities. "You see, what we are describing..." explained Dr. Keanan "will bury Europe "