Author: James Patterson

Frannie O'Neil, a young and talented veterinarian whose husband was recently murdered, comes across a discovery in the woods near her animal hospital. Soon after, Kit Harrison, an FBI agent, arrives on Frannie's doorstep. And then there is eleven-year-old Max.

This novel technically comes under the SF/F heading, but it reads more like a fast-paced action-adventure novel of the type you'd buy in an airport as a last resort if there was little else available.

It is written in a very basic way, with short sentences, short chapters, and there is a lack of subtlety in language and characterisation. The style of the internal dialogue was annoying and rather simplistic.
 

The style of writing is very populist ("DaVinci Code" anyone?), appealing to a rather broad audience, and may not appeal to more discerning regular science fiction readers.