<b>From internationally bestselling travel writer Will Ferguson, author of <i>Happiness™</i> and <i>Spanish Fly</i>, comes a novel both epic in its sweep and intimate in its portrayal of human endurance.<p>A car tumbles through darkness down a snowy ravine.</p><p>A woman without a name walks out of a dust storm in sub-Saharan Africa.</p><p>And in the seething heat of Lagos City, a criminal cartel scours the Internet, looking for victims.</p><p>Lives intersect. Worlds collide. And it all begins with a single email: “<i>Dear Sir, I am the daughter of a Nigerian diplomat, and I need your help…</i>”</p><p>Will Ferguson takes readers deep into the labyrinth of lies that is “419,” the world’s most insidious Internet scam.</p><p>When Laura Curtis, a lonely editor in a cold northern city, discovers that her father has died because of one such swindle, she sets out to track down—and corner—her father’s killer. It is a dangerous game she’s playing, however, and the stakes are higher than she can ever imagine.</p><p>Woven into Laura’s journey is a mysterious woman from the African Sahel with scars etched into her skin and a young man who finds himself caught up in a web of violence and deceit.</p><p>And running through it, a dying father’s final words: “<i>You, I love.</i>”</p></b>