Pain knifed through my head. I sank to my knees, bowed my head, and raised my hands toward heaven.

Why?' I screamed. 'Why?'

Detective Alex Cross has lost everything and everyone he's ever cared about.

His enemy, Thierry Mulch, is holding his family hostage.

Driven by feelings of hatred and revenge, Mulch is threatening to kill them all, and break Cross for ever.

But Alex Cross is fighting back.

In a race against time, he must defeat Mulch, and find his wife and children - no matter what it takes.