In the dark corners of Houston's open Night World detective Lucas Stone coat and police psychiatrist Dr Meredith Sanger have come across another prostitute mutilated by the scalper, the killer who has turned A Primitive Act of barbarism into a grizzly, modern-day virtual. The crimes have cut deep into stonecoats heart and soul. He understands their Infamous place in history. But even Stone Cold can't fathom how far this elusive Savage will go to fulfill in ancient tribal instinct.