They are as old as time, and they are still alive. After a helicopter crash, the bodies of a judge and his wife are recovered from the wreckage. Someone has horrifically mutilated them. And there is no trace of their adult daughter. Michael Reardon, who is investigating on behalf of an insurance company, is convinced that someone is trying to cover up the true cause of the victims' deaths. He doesn't give up and soon finds himself on the trail of a group of sinister men who will stop at nothing to keep their identity secret. Brutal and eerie – this is the signature of Graham Masterton, England's master of horror. Peter James: "Graham Masterton is one of the most original and terrifying storytellers of our time." San Francisco Chronicle: "The high priest of horror, the worthy heir of Edgar Allan Poe.".