"A highly imaginative book, The Cull races at an electric pace, with deep characters and a mesmerizing story line. A must read for horror buffs." --Anu Deshpande, Recording Artist Four dead bodies in an abandoned San Francisco warehouse is nothing unusual for SFPD Homicide inspector Katie Conner. But the two terrified children, unharmed and locked in elaborate cages, tends to pique her curiosity. A little time and a lot of research put Katie in touch with a New York detective with cases bearing almost identical circumstances...except he has eight cases with twelve rescued children...and fourteen dead bodies. Someone is killing well-dressed, affluent men, leaving their bodies next to children locked in a variety of cages, then calling in the locations to the police. When Katie catches up with the shooter, he exposes her to a terrifying truth, the truth that humans exist alongside a parallel species, one that believes that humans are not, nor have ever been, at the top of the food chain. Katie will come face to face with a secret sect of ancient, powerful creatures, virtually indistinguishable from humans, and only her wits and courage will stand between her...and the destruction of everyone she loves.