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...