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It starts off simply enough. (Doesnt it always?) Jack has been on hiatus since the tragic events in . With his beloved Gias encouragement he dips his toe back into the fix-it pool.Christy Pickerings eighteen-year-old daughter is dating Jerry Bethlehem, a man twice her age. Christy sensed something shady and sinister about him, so she hired a private investigator to look into his past. But the PI isnt returning her calls. Will Jack find out why?Jack learns theres a very good reason for the unreturned calls: the PI is dead, victim of a bizarre water-torture murder.As Jack delves into Jerry Bethlehems past, he finds connections between Bethlehem and the Creighton Institute. The Institute, a government-funded facility, is researching a newly discovered and frightening variation on human DNA. Jack learns that Bethlehem is not the man he pretends to be.Whoand whatJerry Bethlehem really is will have a devastating effect on Jacks life and future.And as the bodies pile up, Jack finds another piece of the puzzle about his own identity and why hes been drafted into a cosmic shadow war.