"Matt Royal never has to look far for excitement. Excitement-and sometimes trouble-has a way of finding him first. When his ex-wife asks for help tracking down her stepdaughter, last seen in Matt's hometown, Matt agrees to do a little searching. But what looks like the case of one missing girl turns out to be something much more dangerous. Matt's full-speed-ahead search leads him to an ominous strip of land called Blood Island. As the clock ticks down, it's up to Matt to make sure that what happens on Blood Island stays on Blood Island." -- from p. [4] of cover.