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n nMemphis private eye Race Warren goes to Alaska to find Ron Billings, a clients estranged husband.n nSurviving a deadly encounter with an assassin, Warren realizes someone doesnt want Billings found.n nSince the fugitive is key to the mystery, the private eye tracks Billings to a remote arctic village wheren nWarren meets Dr. Mark Dunbar, head of a science team studying ancient beliefs that may have led ton nthe bizarre killing of a native woman. Hoping to get information, Warren befriends the scientists as theyn nuncover a cult involved in animal shapeshifting, findings that fit with rumors the girl was killed by an nmythic wolf.n nWarren finds Billings, an ex-policeman searching for his daughter, Carrie, taken by Russian Andreyn nVolkov, head of a human trafficking ring. The private eye and ex-cop join forces, flying to a North Slopen noil town where the daughter is believed held in the sex trade. Failing to find Carrie, the two break outn nanother captive, Myra, who reports the daughter is held at the Russians Anchorage estate. Warren andn nBillings flee south with the girl, battling Volkov henchmen along the way.n nAt the village, the scientists learn a tribal shaman attempted a child sacrifice, but the boy miraculouslyn nsurvives and is rescued from the wilds and placed in a covert foster home. Believing the child is still inn ndanger, Dunbar seeks Warrens help as the team concludes their study and prepares to present theirn nfindings in Anchorage where they arrive just as Myras rescuers deliver the girl safely to the authorities.n nIn an assault on Volkovs mountain fortress, Billings frees his daughter then returns with her to Memphisn nwhile Warren stays behind for a final task. After he locates the boy and his caretaker in an old apartmentn nbuilding, Warren faces an unspeakable evil that has killed twice and is bent on destroying the childn
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