'The real monsters are just human beings cut loose from the thin moral bonds that hold us."
It's always so exciting to start a new series, and even more thrilling when the book grabs and doesn't let go! This first installment featuring FBI Special Agent Sayer Altair is nonstop action as she and her team in the Critical Incident Response Group race to find and apprehend the most cunning and devious serial killer they've faced.
Sayer is a neuroscientist working on research involving the evaluation of brain scans of known killers. She's called away from the project to head up an investigation when the long-missing daughter of a senator is found dead locked inside a cage in a booby-trapped underground bunker. In that subterranean room, along with the body, they find traces of hallucinogenic smoke (DMT) and a video of the girl's death featuring projection of strange Mayan glyphs on the wall. As the scene is processed, the agents also discover that there is another missing girl who may still be alive! An arrest is quickly made based on evidence found, but Sayer isn't convinced they have the right person. The hunt for the other missing girl continues and this case takes a lot of twists and turns with surprises along the way. NO SPOILERS.
I loved the protagonist -- Sayer Altair is a unique character and I can't wait to find out more about her personal life as well as her professional side with the FBI. I enjoyed learning about the Mayan, Egyptian, and Greek symbolism and mythology and how it related to the killer's objective. In all, the entire story was fascinating and the plot very well executed. I liked the writing style and can't wait to read more -- a good thing I have it ready to go, since the ending left something important hanging.
Thank you to Minotaur Books courtesy of Edelweiss for this e-book ARC to read and review.
This is the first in a new series and I plan to read them in order.
Genre - serial killer thriller, FBI agents
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