A Claude McCutcheon Novel
Claude McCutcheon wakes in his bed late one night to find a four year-old boy standing in the middle of his living room. Tear tracks stain the child's face. The boy is holding a note in his hand. "This is my son. Take care of him." The note is signed "Jesse Hamilton." Jesse is an old army buddy of Claude's. Once, they were closer than brothers - but he hasn't seen Jesse in twenty-five years.
Why did Jesse seek him out after all this time? And what compelled him to leave his son with Claude? The answer, Claude soon discovers, lies in the work Jesse was doing for a company called Sentinel Microsystems. But as Claude inches closer to the truth about Sentinel, the trail gets progressively harder - and deadlier - to follow. . .