The Whisperers — John Connolly

"A PAGE TURNING THRILL RIDE THAT YOU WON'T WANT TO PUT DOWN," SAYS THE SACRAMENTO BOOK REVIEW OF THIS SPINE-TINGLING NOVEL. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR JOHN CONNOLLY CHILLS WITH THIS BRUTAL TALE DEPICTING A TERRIFYING CONSEQUENCE OF WAR THAT NOBODY COULD HAVE FORESEEN....

In the dark reaches of Maine's North Woods, a group of Iraq War veterans is engaged in a ruthless smuggling operation across the Canadian border. But what they have unleashed is far more dangerous than even they realize -- an ancient evil locked away in Iraq for centuries.

Evil has dogged Charlie Parker's steps, costing him his career as a cop and his license as a private investigator. Now, as veterans begin dying mysteriously, he is called in to stop the bloodletting. But the smuggled objects have attracted the attention of the reclusive Herod and his henchman, the shadowy figure he calls the Captain. To defeat them, Parker must form an uneasy alliance with a man he fears more than any other: the killer known as the Collector....