A YOUNG WOMAN LOSES HER FAMILY, HER FRIENDS, ALMOST ANYONE WHO HAS EVER EVEN DONE HER A KINDNESS TO A MANIACAL SERIAL KILLER. IT\S AS IF EVERY TRACE OF HUMAN CONTACT IS BEING WIPED OUT OF HER LIFE. HER TERRIFYING CASE IS HANDED TO A WOMAN WHO HAS HAD SO MUCH OF HER OWN HAPPINESS SNATCHED AWAY FROM HER: SMOKY BARRETT, THE EXTRAORDINARY HEROINE OF MCFADYEN\\S STUNNING DEBUT SHADOW MAN. NOW CARING FOR HER MURDERED FRIEND\`S MUTE DAUGHTER, SMOKY MUST DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT SHE CAN RISE TO ONE MORE FIENDISH CHALLENGE...