But when the newspapers reported a fourth murder, when they gave the killer a name and details of his horrendous crimes, there were few people that could ignore it. Washington, embroiled in the mid-term elections, did not want to hear about serial killings. The victims do not officially exist. Detective Robert Miller is assigned to the case, and rapidly uncover a complication. And as Miller unearths ever more disturbing facts, he starts to face truths so far-removed from his own reality that he begins to fear for his life. Their personal details do not register on any known systems. 2009