


Not a blade of grass, or a single tree or bush, grew around the complex. The topography around the prison was flat and open. No one had ever escaped, but if anyone did, there would be no place to hide. Many of the inmates here would die in federal prison under the official weight of multiple life sentences.
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The supermax currently held, among others, the Unabomber, the Boston Marathon bomber, 9/11 terrorists, serial killers, an Oklahoma City bombing conspirator, spies, white supremacist leaders, and assorted cartel and mafia bosses. It was not a place for the faint-hearted, or the easily intimidated, though the deeply demented were obviously welcome. The men here, guards and inmates, were as hardened as precious stone. In total, more than nine hundred inmates were incarcerated on this parcel of dirt.įrom the sky, with the prison lights on, Florence might resemble a set of diamonds on black felt. The supermax component was one of four separate encampments that made up the Federal Correctional Complex located here. But just as Pine begins to put together clues pointing to a terrifying plot, she’s abruptly called off the case.įBI Special Agent Atlee Pine stared up at the grim facade of the prison complex that housed some of the most dangerous human predators on earth.ĪDX Florence, about a hundred miles south of Denver, was the only supermax prison in the federal system. It soon seems clear the lost tourist had something more clandestine than sightseeing in mind. So when one of the Grand Canyon’s mules is found stabbed to death at the bottom of the canyon-and its rider missing-Pine is called in to investigate. She’s the lone agent assigned to the Shattered Rock, Arizona resident agency, which is responsible for protecting the Grand Canyon. Three decades after that terrifying night, Atlee Pine works for the FBI. It’s seared into Atlee Pine’s memory: the kidnapper’s chilling rhyme as he chose between six-year-old Atlee and her twin sister, Mercy. and an old nightmare.Įeny, meeny, miny, moe.

Introducing a remarkable new character from #1 New York Times bestselling writer David Baldacci: Atlee Pine, an FBI agent with special skills assigned to the remote wilds of the southwestern United States who must confront a new threat.
