by Dean Koontz
Part of Jane Hawk
First published 2018
Jane Hawk was once among the FBI's elite agents. Now she runs as the nation's most wanted fugitive. A secret society has developed mind control technology that threatens to enslave the country. Jane couldn't save her husband from their reach, but her tactical skills and burning need for justice have let her strike back at this hidden cabal. Her enemies decide to change tactics. Their operatives can't catch her, so they plan to make her come to them. They target her five year old son as bait. Jane must cross the country to reach the remote shelter where her boy hides. New dangers emerge as she travels. Brain altered victims lose their sanity and turn violent. The madness spreads like a contagion. Jane's personal war becomes a fight for everyone's survival against the terror that waits behind the forbidden door.
Genres: suspense, adult, adult-fiction, thriller, action, mystery-thriller
Vibes: dark, fast-paced, gritty, high-stakes, intense, suspenseful
Tropes: cat-and-mouse, mother-protecting-child, on-the-run, revenge-plot
Period: contemporary
480 pages · Kindle Edition · Bantam
Content warnings: child-abuse, kidnapping, violence