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 ancestorand Constance's greatest enemy.
A desperate bargain is broken
Constance Greene confronts Manhattan's most dangerous serial killer, Enoch Leng, bartering for her sisters 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 helpfor mysterious reasons of his own. Disguised as a cleric, Diogenes establishes himself in New Yorks notorious Five Points slum, manipulating events like a chess master, watching Leng's every moveand 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
