Eighty-one children disappear on a single day in an American city. The story follows the hunt by police, the grief of families, the schemes of businessmen, the cowardice of politicians, and the obsession of an eleven-year-old orphan boy named Hektor, who knows he alone can find the children and save the city. A unique literary thriller that Crimespree magazine called, "A fantastic novel that is easily deemed a must-read."