Across the Pacific Northwest, a twisted killer stalks victims representing ancient archetypes: The Ruler. The Warrior. The Scholar. The Priest. Four are dead, leaving FBI investigators puzzled by the macabre, color-coded shrines the killer left behind.
And clues now point to a fifth victim.
With only two weeks until retirement, seasoned FBI Agent Claire Anderson is desperately trying to balance her work and complex home life when she’s called in for one last job: lead a special task force to hunt down the enigmatic “Color Killer.”
That task force is the FBI’s Special-Washington-Oregon-Regional-Detachment—nicknamed S.W.O.R.D. Now, Claire must marshal the talents of an eclectic crew of agents, including a brilliant criminal psychologist, a street-savvy undercover prodigy, a rugged covert-ops specialist, and a quirky tech savant.
Pursuing the killer through the rain-soaked streets and deep forests of the Pacific Northwest, the men and women of S.W.O.R.D. must delve into an ancient lost religion, its shocking view of life and death, and the dark mind of a cunning psychopath. But when clues start intertwining with Claire’s own life, she realizes she’s up against a predator who’s always one step ahead.
The fifth victim is closer than she ever imagined.
How do you catch a killer who's already behind bars?
If the marshlands could speak, whose name would they whisper?
An elusive terrorist. A city on razor's edge. Twenty-four hours to stop a massacre.
A triple homicide. A blind witness. What is the sound of evil?
It's not the fall that kills you.
In the fragments of a failing mind lie clues to a forgotten evil. Can FBI Task Force S.W.O.R.D. uncover the truth before it disappears forever?
Twenty years ago Brandon Penny was a criminal prodigy. Today, he’s a broken-hearted movie buff working a dead-end job. But everything is about to change.
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