<b>The author of the "diabolically clever"* <i>A Matter of Blood </i>returns with another gritty supernatural thriller featuring hard-boiled homicide detective Cass Jones ... </b><br><br>A devastating terrorist attack has crippled London. To find a perpetrator who is more than human, Special Branch turns to Detective Inspector Cass Jones.<br><br>Cass is already investigating a series of student suicides, but saying no to Special Branch isn't an option - even when he's hit with a much more personal and deeply disturbing mystery: a message left for him by his murdered brother revealing that Cass's nephew was stolen at birth.<br><br>Cass's investigations and his search for the boy lead him down a dark labyrinth to the shadowy Mr. Bright and his otherworldly allies - and into the middle of an ancient and deadly feud, with no less than the fate of humanity hanging in the balance ... <br><br>*F. Paul Wilson
