The police haven’t seen anything enjoy it – but FBI forensic anthropologist Christine Prusik has. In fact, it’s a ritual she understands all too well. Years back she was a naive youthful researcher doing field function in Papua New Guinea when she was attacked by tribesmen who placed carved stones inside the bodies of their deceased. Prusik hardly escaped with her life – and an awful scar from the wound intended to house her own loss of life charm. Could it be a grisly coincidence? Or is normally someone sending her a note? Today she must discover the killer before he discovers her – and lastly completes the lethal ritual begun within a faraway jungle so long ago.