Book excerpt: In the year 1980—Victor Calloway’s life of crime comes to a sudden screeching halt. Unexpectedly plucked out of his old life by shady government entities, Victor is in charge of watching over a young patient in their facility—until the nature of their experimentation becomes blatantly and horribly apparent, and he flees the facility with the girl. Now—living a new life in Wisconsin, and assimilating to a normal community—the two of them quietly dread the day when the mysterious faces from their past arrive on their doorstep.