"they told us that we needed therapy, as if medication and tainted words could fix broken toys."

It was the case that had dominated TV screens, the fronts of newspapers and every radio frequency. It had been sensationalized to the point of fiction. Until it all suddenly stopped. From 1960 to 1982 a masked man terrorized the Northern States to the point of a manhunt. 52 victims were claimed. The police force humiliated over and over until riots started. Then in 1982 no more victims were claimed and no more butchered bodies found. But now 31 years later on his death bed Detective Will Kerber will start the horror again as he parts with his only secret entrusted to his young partner. Detective Drew Cortez never thought the Butcher had been dead and buried. Now unwittingly he finds himself in the middle of a high stakes case that makes him the target of one of the most vicious killers ever seen. FBI Agent Macy Snow never thought the Butcher would come back. With a personal stake in seeing the Butcher brought to justice she teams up with Det. Cortez in an effort to stop the body count from rising and mass hysteria from taking over. Until the blood falls, until the ties are severed or until the Butcher succeeds in killing of everyone Detective Drew Cortez and Agent Macy Snow turn into the hunted. Cover credits: TheShipWeirdo (MAJOR EDITING IN PROGRESS)