John Shannon is a petty chief on the run. A three-time loser framed for murder, he knows that he's facing life in prison -or death by lethal in-jection. Then, a bizarre text message draws him to a meeting in the dark of night. A foreigner who calls himself the Identity Man offers Shannon an incredible chance to start again: a new face, a new home, a new begin-ning. In a ruined city trying to rebuild, he gets work as a carpenter, and falls in love. It seems too good to be true -and it is. It turns out this city is crawling with crooked politicians, gangsters, and dirty cops -all of whom seem to want Shannon dead. Moving through the shambles of a town, he's got to ferret out the se-ret of his new life -and fast -if he wants to be left with any life at all.

ISBN: 9780547597195