About the book: 2010 / Jack Walden, a former police officer, is asked for help in investigating the brutal murder of the family of a famous scientist. Jack has no time for that; he is an aspiring novelist, actively collecting material for a new essay. And then, as luck would have it, Walden’s wife mysteriously disappears. But a childhood friend asks for help, and Jack agrees. He still has no idea that the brutal crime and the disappearance of his wife are connected. And those who come from the darkness bind them…