During their college years, Andrew and Vicky McGee participated in a series of experiments. As a result, they developed telepathic powers, allowing them to influence those around him. But when their daughter Charlie started to display terrible pyrokinetic abilities, a ruthless government agency attempted to kidnap her, resulting in Vicky's death. Now on the run, Andrew must shield his daughter from John Rainbird, a Cherokee assassin hired to capture...

"A sister and brother ... pull off to the side of the road after hearing a young boy crying for help from beyond the tall grass. Within minutes they are disoriented, in deeper than seems possible, and they've lost one another. The boy's cries are more and more desperate"--Container.

When Gwendy Peterson was twelve, a mysterious stranger named Richard Farris gave her a mysterious box for safekeeping. It offered treats and vintage coins, but it was dangerous. Pushing any of its seven colored buttons promised death and destruction. Years later, the button box entered Gwendy's life again. A successful novelist and a rising political star, she was once again forced to deal with the temptation that box represented. Now, evil forces...