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Uord Hopkins, byvshiy agent CRU, v pogone za solomennymi lyud'mi zastaet sredi lesistyh kan'onov v okrestnostyah gorodka Yakima, shtat Vashington, zhutkuyu po zhestokosti kartinu: telo muzhchiny, privyazannoe k metallicheskomu shestu takim obrazom, chto kazhetsya, on shagaet k opredelennomu mestu. Dalee obnaruzhivaetsya esche odin chelovecheskiy trup, a nevdaleke ot nego - hizhina, polnaya mertvyh tel. Uord ponimaet, chto vremya passivnyh deystviy proshlo i nastala pora pereyti k aktivnym poiskam taynogo dirizhera vsey etoy krovavoy simfonii...