Never has it been truer -- these pages fly

The clock is ticking. London's burning. Alex Cross is here.

Tally lives in a world where your sixteenth birthday brings aesthetic perfection: an operation which erases your flaws, transforming you from an 'Ugly' into a 'Pretty'. She is on the eve of this event, and cannot wait for her life to change. As well as guaranteeing supermodel looks, life as a Pretty seems to revolve around having a good time.

The story tells how Daisuke's paintings have power, how humans can't live long in Freedert's world. It tells about Risa's sincere love for Dark, and the opinions on humanity and their own existence. It's the story of the artist and the thief, Freedert's warning to Daisuke on protecting his love by dying, and Dark's monologue about eternity.

Alex Cross faces his most bizarre investigation

The first in a saga of magic and danger. Teenager Bobby Pendragon is swept from his ordinary home life into a quest which will decide the course of human existence!