who are they what do they want why do they kill can they be stopped you know who they are if youve ever known fear in palmerston pennsylvania two men in long coats walk calmly into a crowded fastfood restaurantthen slowly and methodically gun down sixtyeight people they take time to reload on the promenade of santa monica california a teenage girl gives sightseeing tips to a distinguished english tourist she wont be going home tonight in dyersburg montana a griefstricken son tries to make sense of the accident that killed his parentsthen finds a note stuffed in his fathers favorite chair it reads were not deadthree seemingly unrelated events these are the first signs of an unimaginable network of fear that will lead one unlikely hero to a chilling confrontation with the straw men no one knows who they areor why they kill but they must be stopped michael marshalls electrifying debut novel is an instant masterpiece of modern suspense an epic thriller for anyone who has feared that someone is watching us