When hyper-advanced antigravity technology is stolen from Area 51, the FBI assigns Special Agent Frank Deal to the case. Deal does not know that a deep conspiracy of powerful billionaires and politicians, The Cause, plans to use the new technology to rip four states from the union and tear the United States apart.
Nobody sheds a tear when the body of Scott Stevenson, a local troublemaker, turns up with an ivory tusk driven through his torso. D.C.I. Alex Warren is tasked with bringing the killer to justice. But the case turns out to be more complicated than they expected, as they begin to investigate the numerous people Stevenson has harmed.
On the table of psychiatrist Robert Cavendish lay a strange set of papers, claimed to be the journal of the infamous Whitechapel murderer whose crimes instilled terror on the streets of Victorian London.
Delving deeper into the journal, Robert is convinced of its authenticity, and finds that the words of the Ripper have a strange and compelling effect on him.
Families are dying. No matter how hard DCI Platt tries, he's not seeing a pattern; not even after his own wife and daughter are targeted. Young Melanie has forgotten what life outside Larksford House was like. She's been in for so long. But when Toby joins the team, she starts to remember. She really shouldn't be there. Professor Hicks is delighted that Toby has made the breakthrough for him.
Jane McLaren is happy in the sleepy village of Desert Pines – or so she tells herself. But when nothing has meaning, you might care about anything. Even the HOA! After a minor scandal escalates into something worse, the annual meeting of the homeowners association ends in open murder. Can this unwilling amateur sleuth solve the mystery before it's too late, or will the murderer strike again?
In a world engulfed by darkness, the courageous determination of Jennifer Smith shines as the lone beacon of hope in a landscape destroyed by bitter cold and chaos. Stripped of technology, humanity teeters on the brink of collapse. Starvation grips the land as ruthless gangs ascend, engaged in a battle for supremacy in this new, savage world.
