A slashed female corpse...a footprint, a tire track...a trail of blood in a crowded shopping mall. Even the most jaded cops are horrified by the carnage. But to seasoned FBI profiler Ulysses Grove, the evidence spells out a much more personal message—a threat that speaks to Grove alone... Meticulous Killer... He chooses his victims with care. He plans their murders with painstaking precision; he studies the most notorious slayers. He's gone to extremes to achieve his goals—committed to fulfilling his destiny as history's greatest serial killer... With precious lives at stake, and his very soul on the line, Grove throws himself into the chase—and into a trap from which there's no escape...