Frannie O'Neill is a caring young veterinarian living in the Colorado Rockies, trying to erase the memory of her beloved husband's mysterious murder. It is not long before another neighbor suddenly dies, and FBI agent Kit Harrison arrives at Frannie's doorstep. Kit is hell-bent on solving the heinous case despite resounding protests from the FBI and the thrashing of his own internal demons.Kit secretly pursues the investigation, yet witnesses keep turning up dead. Then Frannie stumbles upon an astonishing discovery in the nearby woods, and their lives are altered in ways they could never have imagined. Simply knowing the secret of Max -- the terrified 11-year-old girl with an amazing gift -- could mean death.As more and more diabolical details are unearthed, the murderer's bloody trail ultimately leads the trio to an underground lab network, known as "the School." Here scientists conduct shockingly incomprehensible experiments involving children and genetic alteration.
Als de wind waait Reeks
Deze serie duikt in duistere geheimen en spannende mysteries, gesitueerd tegen de achtergrond van de schilderachtige maar verraderlijke Rocky Mountains in Colorado. Volg een moedige dierenarts en een raadselachtige FBI-agent terwijl ze samenwerken om moorden te onderzoeken die hen op een verontrustende reis brengen. Ze ontdekken een complot met clandestiene experimenten op kinderen, waarbij de grenzen tussen wetenschap en kwaad vervagen. Het is een verhaal over overleven, moed en het ontdekken van de waarheid, zelfs als dat betekent dat de donkerste kanten van de menselijke natuur onder ogen moeten worden gezien.
Aanbevolen leesvolgorde
The Lake House
- 307bladzijden
- 11 uur lezen
Frannie O'Neill's life turned upside down when six incredible children blew in on the wind. Rescuing them from the school that created them took all her courage and cunning, but the children captured her heart. Now the young flock wants to go back to the couple it regards as parents, and Frannie and FBI maverick Kit Brennan are suing for custody. But when the case involves the most extraordinary creatures ever to land on this earth, someone will ensure there is no happy ending. Only Max, the oldest and most remarkable of the winged children, knows that another, terrifying biological experiment is taking place. Somewhere in America, a brilliant but evil surgeon, Dr Ethan Kane, is secretly researching - performing a cruel travesty of an operation as he scoops the life from people hoping for a better future. But to complete his experiment he needs the ultimate prize - Max herself. And as the children dream of returning to the happy safety of the lake house, where for a few precious months they flew free, Kane moves ever closer...