A down-to-earth forensics expert has just discovered a crime scene that is out of this world.<br><br>In criminal forensics they train you to uncover evidence, no matter how brutal or bizarre the murder.<br><br>But what if one night you make contact with a crime scene so terrifying, no one on earth can explain it?<br><br>It begins at a chaotic crime scene in the deep woods of the Pacific Northwest--site of a reported shoot-out. Investigator Colin Cellars cannot find a trace of perpetrator or victim--or even confirm that anyone has been killed. As he doggedly pursues the case, he realizes there is far more at stake here than murder. Someone--something?--will stop at nothing to prevent him from discovering the truth. For the truth is not &quot;out there.&quot; It is locked away in Cellars's own evidence file. The evidence points to a killer far outside Cellars's experience--far outside any earthly experience. But who will believe one maverick cop?<br><br>From the <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <b>Balefire</b> comes a chilling tale of murder, forensic detection, and vivid speculation, pitting a unique crime scene investigator against a culprit who may be unlike any this world ever spawned....