Steve Belsky

The recently deceased Mona Dearly was many things: an abusive wife, a domineering mother, a loud-mouthed neighbor and a violent malcontent. So when her car and corpse are discovered in the Hudson River, police Chief Wyatt Rash immediately suspects murder rather than an accident. But, since the whole community of Verplanck, N.Y., shares a deep hatred for this unceasingly spiteful woman, Rash finds his murder investigation overwhelmed with potential suspects.

若き考古学者ダニエルは、70年前の謎の遺跡で発掘された巨大な「環」へと案内される。軍の依頼により、長年解読不可能だった石板に刻まれた古代文字を説き明かした途端、凄まじい轟音と光の渦の中で何千年もの間封印されていた「環」の力が解き放たれた。