Richmond, Virginia is haunted by more than its Civil War history. A mutilation killer stalks the city, slipping into locked rooms, butchering his victims, and vanishing without a trace.
Detective Martin Decker, still reeling from personal tragedy, is assigned to the case. The only witness is a young woman with Down syndrome who swears she saw the murderer. A man who should not exist.
As the body count rises, Decker’s investigation leads him deep into the lingering wounds of the South and toward something far older and darker than human evil.
The killer cannot be stopped by locks or walls. He cannot be reasoned with. And when Decker discovers the truth, he may realize too late that this is not a hunt. It is a reckoning.
