Alex Cross has never been on the wrong side of the law-- until he's charged with gunning down followers of his nemesis Gary Soneji in cold blood. Now Cross is being turned into the poster child for trigger-happy cops who think they're above the law. It was self-defense; will a jury see it that way? Then his former partner John Sampson brings him a gruesome, titillating video tied to the mysterious disappearances of several young girls. The illicit investigation leads them to the darkest corners of the Internet, where murder is just another form of entertainment.-- Adapted from dust jacket.