Hoping to flee unwanted celebrity in the aftermath of a notorious incident, Ramsey Hunt settles in the Rockies, driven to bury himself in the safety of a solitary existence. But his isolation is usually shattered when he stumbles upon a little female unconscious in the high-altitude forest. When strangers pursue Ramsey to his private meadow so that they can destroy him and the girl, he’s mystified that anyone would wish her damage. And the child can’t shed any light about them: she’s mute.Molly Santera, the girl’s mother, catches up with Ramsey and her daughter, mistaking her daughter’s savior for a kidnapper. But shortly Ramsey’s real function becomes clear. With the strangers in pursuit, the trio flees to Chicago for sanctuary. Also there, nevertheless, the child’s opponents verify as relentless as their motives are baffling.With an unexpected assist from FBI agents Dillon Savich and Lacey Sherlock (last observed in The Maze), Molly and Ramsey begin to unravel the clues, and in the process they produce an astonishing discovery as to the true nature of the target.