Alex Cross’ family is in terrible danger—at the same time that his new job with the FBI brings him the scariest case of his career. A team of kidnappers has been snatching successful, upstanding men and women right before their families’ eyes—possibly to sell them into slavery. Alex’s knowledge of the D.C. streets, together with his unique insights into criminal psychology, make this mindbending case one that only he can solve—if he can just get his colleagues to set aside their staid and outdated methods.