For seven months Lake Side City was terrorized by a killer known as The Mad Reaper. Twenty-eight victims. No pattern. No mercy. Then - he vanished. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS LATER . . . FBI Special Agent Jordan Griffin wages war against The Underground Empire, a vast criminal enterprise protected by corruption. But buried memories of a murdered girl and a name from his nightmares - Thanatos - threaten to unravel everything he's built. Meanwhile, syndicate enforcer Victor Reese plots a power grab, but is tormented by the voice of his dead uncle urging him toward darkness. This electrifying action-mystery pits the past against the present, building to a jaw-dropping conclusion that will leave you utterly shaken.