"Constance Greene confronts Manhattan's most dangerous serial killer, Enoch Leng, bartering for her sister's life--but she is betrayed and turned away empty-handed, incandescent with rage. Unknown to Leng, Pendergast's brother Diogenes appears unexpectedly, offering to help--for mysterious reasons of his own. Disguised as a cleric, Diogenes establishes himself in New York's notorious Five Points slum, manipulating events like a chess master, watching Leng's every move... and awaiting his own chance to strike back. Meanwhile, Pendergast joins forces with the unstable Constance in her seemingly doomed quest: to rescue her siblings from a tragic fate and take savage retribution on Leng. But Leng is one step ahead and has a surprise for them all..."-- Dust jacket flap.
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