It's the most dangerous case of Will Trent's career. He knows this from the moment he sets foot in the abandoned Atlanta warehouse where a body lies on the floor--the body of an ex-cop. Bloody footprints leading away from the scene reveal that another victim, evidently a woman, was carried away ... and has vanished into thin air. And, worst of all, the warehouse belongs to the city's biggest and most high-profile athlete--a local hero protected by...

As Georgia Bureau of Investigation agents Faith Mitchell and Will Trent try to connect two murders to a hit-and-run victim, Atlanta physician Sara Linton becomes more involved in the investigation--an investigation which soon culminates in the hunt for a sadistic serial killer.

"Will Trent is undercover at Fort Knox. His assignment: to investigate a twenty-two-year-old murder. His suspect's name: Jack Reacher. Jack Reacher is in Fort Knox on his own mission: to bring down a dangerous criminal ring operating at the heart of America's military. Except now Will Trent is on the scene.But there's a bigger conspiracy at play - one that neither the special agent nor the ex-military cop could have anticipated. And the only option...

"El inspector Will Trent recibe una información inquietante mientras indaga sobre la muerte de un preso: uno de los reclusos asegura ser inocente de la despiadada agresión de la que fue acusado hace años. Afirma que unos policías corruptos, encabezados por Jeffrey Tolliver, le tendieron una trampa para inculparlo y que el verdadero responsable, un asesino que lleva años sistemáticamente atacando a mujeres en el estado de Georgia, sigue...