A horrific crime that defies ordinary explanation. A rookie FBI agent in dangerous, uncharted territory. An extraordinary hero for the ages.
Odessa Hardwickes life is derailed when shes forced to turn her gun on her partner, Walt Leppo, a decorated FBI agent who had suddenly, inexplicably turned violent while apprehending a rampaging murderer. The shooting, justified by self-defense, shakes the young FBI agent to her core. Devasted, Odessa is placed on desk leave pending a full investigation. But what most troubles Odessa isnt the tragedy itselfits the shadowy presence she thought she saw fleeing the deceased agents body after his death.
Questioning her future with the FBI and her sanity, Hardwicke accepts a low-level assignment to clear out the belongings of a retired agent in the New York office. What she finds there will put her on the trail of a mysterious figure named John Silence, a man of enormous means who claims to have been alive for centuries and who is either an unhinged lunatic or humanitys best and only defense against unspeakable evil.
