Its seared into Atlee Pines memory the kidnappers chilling rhyme as he chose between six year old Atlee and her twin sister Mercy. Mercy was taken. Atlee was spared. She never saw Mercy again.Three decades after that terrifying night Atlee Pine works for the FBI. Shes the lone agent assigned to the Shattered Rock Arizona resident agency which is responsible for protecting the Grand Canyon. So when one of the Grand Canyons mules is found stabbed to death at the bottom of the canyon and its rider missing Pine is called in to investigate. It soon seems clear the lost tourist had something more clandestine than sightseeing in mind. But just as Pine begins to put together clues pointing to a terrifying plot shes abruptly called off the case.