In Chicago, a young man falls to his death from his
nineteenth-story hotel room; in New York City, a sick
tourist battles the crowds and her failing body to fulfill
a shadowy mission; and in southern Alabama, Ryder Creed
and his search-and-rescue dog Grace find the body of a
young woman who went missing in the Conecuh National
Forest—and it appears she filled her pockets with rocks
and walked into the river.
Brought in to investigate one suspicious death, FBI
profiler Maggie O’Dell soon learns of an ominous
connection between not just the first victim, but multiple
other strange events around the country. Before long it is
clear that she might be on the trail of the most twisted
conspiracy the nation has ever known, and at its heart is
a megalomaniacal genius willing to place millions of lives
in jeopardy in pursuit of a sinister operation.
With no options left and time running out, there is only
one way to prevent a widespread disaster. The government
must deploy Ryder Creed and his team of dogs to track and
identify this deadly contagion, but there’s a risk. Can
they do it without Creed, his handlers, and even the dogs
getting infected?