Ryder Creed and his K9 search-and-rescue dogs return in the second
installment of this exciting series, teaming up once more with FBI
profiler Maggie O'Dell in their riskiest case yet.
When Ryder Creed responds to a devastating mudslide in North Carolina,
he knows that the difference between finding survivors and the dead is
time. He and his sturdiest search-and-rescue dog, Bolo, get to work
immediately, but the scene is rife with danger: continued rainfall
prevents the rescue teams from stabilizing the land; toxic household
substances spread by the crushing slide fill the area with hazardous
waste; and the detritus and debris are treacherous for both man and dog
to navigate. But most perilous are the secrets hidden under the mud and
sludge--secrets someone would kill to protect. For this is no ordinary
rescue mission. Among the buildings consumed by the landslide was a
top-secret government research facility, and Creed has been hired to
find what's left of it.
Then rescuers recover the body of a scientist from the facility who was
obviously dead before the landslide--killed by a gunshot to the head.
The FBI sends Agent Maggie O'Dell to investigate, and she and Creed are
soon caught in a web of lies, secrets, and murder that may involve not
only the government facility, but decades-old medical experiments that
are the subject of current congressional hearings. As more bodies are
found under even more unusual circumstances, they come ever closer to
exposing the truth--but with unknown forces working against them,
Maggie, Creed, and the dogs are running out of time.
