All fifteen-year-old Marco Jameson wants is to become a Danish citizen and go to
school like a normal teenager. But his uncle Zola rules his former gypsy clan w
ith an iron fist. Revered as a god and feared as a devil, Zola forces the childr
en of the clan to beg and steal for his personal gain. When Marco discovers a de
ad bodyproving the true extent of Zola's criminal activitieshe goes on the run.
But his family members aren't the only ones who'll go to any lengths to keep Mar
co silent . . . forever.
Meanwhile, the last thing Detective Carl M›rck needs
is for his assistants, Assad and Rose, to pick up a missing persons case on a w
him: Carl's nemesis is his new boss, and he's saddled Department Q with an unwel
come addition. But when they learn that a mysterious teen named Marco may have a
s much insight into the case as he has fear of the police, Carl is determined to
solve the mystery and save the boy. Carl's actions propel the trio into a case
that extends from Denmark to Africa, from embezzlers to child soldiers, from see
mingly petty crime rings to the very darkest of cover-ups.
