Part of Gideon Oliver, book 2
First published 2005
Forensic anthropologist Gideon Oliver examines skeletal remains found deep in Washington State's Olympic Peninsula rainforest. The victim died from a bone spear that disappeared ten thousand years ago. The weapon struck with impossible force, suggesting no human could have thrown it. Bigfoot sightings multiply around the discovery site, but Oliver dismisses the reports. More deaths follow the same pattern. Oliver teams with forest ranger Julie Tendler and FBI agent John Lau to track the killer through unexplored wilderness. The investigation leads them into the rainforest's most remote areas, where ancient mysteries collide with modern murder. Oliver must use his expertise to separate fact from legend while a deadly force continues killing. The case challenges everything he knows about human history and physical possibility.
Genres: adventure, mystery, crime, thriller
Vibes: dark, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: Olympic Peninsula, Washington State
Period: 10,000 Years Ago
272 pages · Mass Market Paperback · Berkley