Thirteen bodies are discovered inside a small Louisville restaurant just after closing time. It is determined the murders are the work not of a psychopath but a professional killer of consummate skill and a total lack of feeling.Roy Prescott is called in. An expert in hunting down murderers through methods the police can't - and wouldn't - use. And so begins a stunning novel of a death match fought from one end of the country to the other by two enemies who boyh understand that only one of them will be alive at the end.