When Virginia Wheeler's early-morning run through the Stanford Hills is interrupted by the discovery of the body of a young Chinese woman, her modern high-tech world is shattered by the emergence of a ghost from the past-the often-inept terrorist Yerky, who was responsible for the death of her brother during the 1960s, is back in her life, whether he knows it or not. Little by little, and then faster and faster, Virginia is sucked into a rapidly evolving...