About the book

Architect Brad Denning is haunted by the memory of his brother. His last image of Petey is that of a skinny nine-year-old heading down the road on his bike. Twenty years later, a man approaches Brad, claiming to be his long lost brother. Brad is skeptical until the man reports a litany of childhood memories that only Petey could know. Brad is overjoyed and welcomes Petey to his family. But when Brad comes home from a disastrous camping trip to find his wife and son have been abducted, he becomes suspicious of Petey. His own brother couldn’t possibly want to hurt his family - or could he? In a desperate search for his family, Brad travels alone through America’s heartland until he finally discovers the terrible secret of what really happened to Petey all those years ago - and realizes the horrendous consequences facing his wife and son if he doesn’t find them in time.