The third gripping novel in the Shepherd series from America's most exciting new thriller writer.

A father returns home to find that his family has been kidnapped and the only way to save their lives is for him to kill another innocent person

So begins a journey that will force Special Agent Marcus Williams of the Shepherd Organization to question all that he believes, unearth his family's dark legacy, and sacrifice everything to save those he loves.

In order to stop this brutal and deadly game, Williams must enlist the help of one of the world's most infamous and wanted men ... the serial killer Francis Ackerman Jr.

Ethan Cross was born and raised in a small town in rural Illinois. When a fireman or a policeman would visit his school, most of his classmates' heads would swim with aspirations of growing up and catching bad guys or saving someone from a blazing inferno. When these moments came for Ethan, however, his dreams weren't to someday be a cop or put out fires; he just wanted to write about it.

Now his dream of telling stories on a grand scale has come to fruition with the publication of The Shepherd novels.

Ethan Cross still lives in Illinois with his wife and two daughters.The Prophetis his second novel. Learn more atwww.ethancross.com