Audio Book Description:
April 1950: The rusting hulk ofa steam locomotive rises from the deep waters of a Montana lake. Inside is all that remainsof three people who diedforty-four years before. But itis neither the engine nor its grisly contents that interests those watching nearby. It is what is aboutto come next. 1906: For two years, the western United States have been suffering an extraordinary crime spree, a stringof bank robberies by a single man who then cold-bloodedly murders any and all witnesses, and vanishes without a trace. Fed up by the depredationsof "The Butcher Bandit," the U.S. government brings in the best man it can find-a tall, lean, no-nonsense detective named Isaac Bell, who hascaught thieves and killers from coast to coast. But he has never had a challengelike this one. From Arizonato Colorado to the streetsof San Francisco during its calamitous earthquake and fire, hepursues what quickly becomesclear to him as the best criminal mind he has everencountered, and the woman who seems to hold the key to the man`s identity. Using science deduction, and intuition, he repeatedly draws near, only tograsp at empty air, but at least he knows his pursuit is having an effect. Becausehis quarry is getting angry now, and has turned the chaseback on him. The hunter has become the hunted. And soon itwill take all of Bell`s skills not merely to prevail...but to survive.
