Rescued from the smoking ruins of an Arizona cult, twelve children return to normal lives. Five years later, they disappear. And a killing rampage stains the land with blood.There were four severed hands.they were paired and arranged in a row, all with palms facing up. For FBI agent Nick Barrows and child psychologist Dr. Sandy Price, the horror is unthinkable. The surviving children of the Patriots' Redeemer Congregation, resettled into normal homes, have gone underground-and officials connected with the cult's self-immolation are being slaughtered methodically-one by one.

Sandy, who has adopted the youngest child, and Nick, whose career tanked after the cult's demise, start their own hunt for the children without government help. They face a formidable foe: children with access to millions of dollars, trained in explosives, poisons, and guerilla warfare, out to avenge the mad prophet who has twisted their souls. In a hair-raising thriller, racing on a knife-edge of suspense, Nick and Sandy plunge into a plot far more sinister than anyone could imagine-and a shocking, final confrontation no one should survive.REVIEW: "The Kaminskys keep the pace brisk.this timely yarn will speed up readers' pulses." (Publishers Weekly)REVIEW: "I love this book and would rave about it even if Howard Kaminsky wasn't my first cousin,"(Mel Brooks)REVIEW: "With their habitual expertise and gift for suspense, Howard and Susan Kaminsky weave fact and fiction into a clever, terrifying, and original cliffhanger, in which the sins of the fathers are not revenged on the children but by them."(Michael Korda)REVIEW: "[The] premise is strong.intriguing.

" (Kirkus Reviews)AUTHORBIO: HOWARD KAMINSKY, who has run three major publishing companies, is now producing films, and his wife SUSAN STANWOOD KAMINSKY, is a former book editor.They live in New York City and Connecticut.