Washington, embroiled in the mid-term elections, did not want to hear aboutserial killings. But when the newspapers reported a fourth murder, whenthey gave the killer a name and details of his horrendous crimes, therewere few people that could ignore it. Detective Robert Miller is assignedto the case, and rapidly uncover a complication. The victims do notofficially exist. Their personal details do not register on any knownsystems. And as Miller unearths ever more disturbing facts, he starts toface truths so far-removed from his own reality that he begins to fear forhis life.