At first Lankin is a mystery to Julia, one she's determined to solve. Who is he, and why is he hauling her across country toward an unknown destination they never seem to reach? But then she realizes she's looking in the wrong place. For the greater mystery is herself.. NEVER FORGET. Julia Whittaker stands on the brink of a precipice. Once, she remembers, she was a student at King's College in London. She had her own apartment in Bloomsbury. She spent her evenings with her friends, drinking and dancing in city bars. She was nineteen, set free, enjoying life.. Then something terrible happened. The world slammed in her face. . When she recovered, she found herself in the company of John Lankin, a man more than twice her age. He claims to be her father, but he doesn't share her name or her lineage. His face and body, kept hidden in a hooded coat, are ravaged by years of brutal conflict. He's a crippled demon, a volatile madman, dragging her relentlessly through the squalor of the English countryside. His motives sinister, his purposes unknown, his past shadowy and violent.. All Julia has left of herself are the fashionable clothes she wears, the silver ring on her finger, and a handful of memories. She is lost in the wilderness, in empty lanes and fields, in dark woods and huddled villages, and there is no chance of rescue.
