Publisher's Synopsis
Eighty-one children disappear on a single day in an unnamed American city. The story follows the hunt by police, the grief of families, the schemes of businessmen, the cowardice of politicians, and the obsession of an 11-year-old orphan boy named Hektor, who knows he alone can save the city. A unique literary thriller that Crimespree magazine called, "a fantastic novel that is easily deemed a must-read."