Greg Iles continues the electrifying story begun in his smash New York Times bestseller Natchez
Burning in this highly anticipated second installment of an epic trilogy of blood and race
family and justice featuring Southern lawyer Penn Cage. Former prosecutor Penn Cage and his
fiancée reporter and publisher Caitlin Masters have barely escaped with their lives after
being attacked by wealthy businessman Brody Royal and his Double Eagles a KKK sect with ties
to some of Mississippi's most powerful men. But the real danger has only begun as FBI Special
Agent John Kaiser warns Penn that Brody wasn't the true leader of the Double Eagles. The
puppeteer who actually controls the terrorist group is a man far more fearsome: the chief of
the state police's Criminal Investigations Bureau Forrest Knox. The only way Penn can save his
father Dr. Tom Cage?who is fleeing a murder charge as well as corrupt cops bent on killing
him?is either to make a devil's bargain with Knox or destroy him. While Penn desperately
pursues both options Caitlin uncovers the real story behind a series of unsolved civil rights
murders that may hold the key to the Double Eagles' downfall. The trail leads her deep into the
past into the black backwaters of the Mississippi River to a secret killing ground used by
slave owners and the Klan for over two hundred years . . . a place of terrifying evil known
only as ?the bone tree.? The Bone Tree is an explosive action-packed thriller full of twisting
intrigue and deadly secrets a tale that explores the conflicts and casualties that result when
the darkest truths of American history come to light. It puts us inside the skin of a noble man
who has always fought for justice?now finally pushed beyond his limits. Just how far will Penn
Cage the hero we thought we knew go to protect those he loves?
