The Harvest

In Boston verschwinden innerhalb kurzer Zeit vier wohlhabende Frauen. Renee, die Schwester einer der Vermissten, ruft Cade zu Hilfe. Sie finden heraus, dass die gesuchte Frau zuletzt mit einem Fremden in einem Hotel gesehen wurde. Im ihrem Zimmer stößt Cade auf eine Flasche mit Gehirngewebe. Es enthält eine Substanz, die eine ganz spezielle Wirkung auf die Gua hat.

Aliens harvest human hormones for their healing properties. - - - ""On the fields of Revolution / Where England's traitor King runneth / Passion's dew is stolen / The undercroft keeps the salve of enemy wounds"". The Charles River in Boston is named after Charles the First, the Traitor King of England. Bit of a stretch when you read the quatrain, except that three wealthy women had recently disappeared in Boston. Looks like I was headed to Bean Town. One of the women who had gone missing was Jennifer Moore, the sister of Renee Ashford. Ms. Ashford was offering a reward, $100,000 to the person who could find her sister and bring her home. Apparently Renee thought the cops didn't have enough incentive to launch a real man-hunt. Met Renee at her home as she was telling the press about the reward money. Posing as a representative for the missing sister's bank – I told Renee that the last time Jennifer used her credit card was to charge a room at the Whitmore Hotel. Renee already knew that