As an environmental criminologist Patrick Bowers uses 21st-century geospatial technology to analyze the time and space in which a crime takes place. Using an array of factors Bowers can pinpoint clues to solve the toughest of cases. Bowers s skills have made him one of the FBI s top agents?until now. Called to the mountains of North Carolina to consult on a gruesome murder Bowers finds himself in a deadly duel with a serial killer who seems to transcend Patrick s analytical powers. Forced to track the killer s horrific murders one by one Bowers finds his techniques and instincts are put to the ultimate test?