You can cut off the head of the snake, but another will emerge.When two hikers go missing within a series of daunting caves outside ofDenver, Colorado, FDLE special agent Amy Larson and her partner, FBIspecial agent Hunter Forrest, have good reason to suspect foul play. Thepair of hikers are only the latest to vanish after a rash ofdisappearances that’s left local law enforcement stumped. But insearching the dank caverns near the Arkansas River, the agents aren’tprepared for the horror they uncover: a muddy pit littered with corpses.Covered in bite marks. Made by human teeth.When a tiny toyhorse is found on the scene, Amy and Hunter recognize the calling card.They’ll have to move quickly before the already sizable body countgrows. Their investigation soon draws them down the rabbit hole of adangerous cult with a sinister mandate—one that involves humansacrifices. Anything to further their twisted cause. But when morepeople go missing, it becomes clear the cult’s reach extends beyondstate lines, leading Amy and Hunter deep into the Florida Everglades toset a perilous trap, one that stands to risk everything they hold dear,including their lives.