The world ends not with a bang, but with a downpour. Tornadoes spin through the heart of London, New York cooks in a heat wave that melts tarmac, and Russia freezes under an ever-thickening layer of permafrost. People rally at first--organizing aid drops and evacuating populations--but the weather is only getting worse.

In Durham, mild-mannered academic Danny Fennick has battened down to sit out the storm. He grew up in the Scottish Highlands, so he's seen harsh winters before. Besides, he has an advantage. He's a werewolf. Or, to be precise, a weredog. Less impressive, but still...

Le monde s'achEve non pas dans une explosion, mais dans un dEluge. Des tornades ravagent le cOEur de Londres, une chaleur Etouffante fait fondre le bitume A New York et des couches de permafrost de plus en plus Epaisses paralysent la Russie. Au dEbut, les hommes se mobilisent, organisent des co-voiturages et Evacuent les populations, mais le temps ne fait qu'empirer.

A Durham, Danny Fennick, un professeur affable, s'est calfeutrE chez lui en attendant que la tempEte passe. ElevE dans les Highlands d'Ecosse, il a connu des hivers plus rigoureux. Et surtout, il possEde un avantage:...

Just another day at the office.

For some people that means spreadsheets, and for others it's stitching endless hems. For Jacob Archer a day at the office is stealing proprietary information from a bioengineering firm for a paranoid software billionaire. He's a liar and a thief, parlaying a glib tongue and a facile conscience into a lucrative career. He just has one rule--never get involved with a mark.

Well, had one rule. To be fair, though, Simon Ramsey is dark, dangerous, and has shoulders like a Greek statue. Besides, it's not as though Jacob's even really stealing from...

Cloister Witte is a man with a dark past and a cute dog. He's happy to talk about the dog all day, but after growing up in the shadow of a missing brother, a deadbeat dad, and a criminal stepfather, he'd rather leave the past back in Montana. These days he's a K-9 officer in the San Diego County Sheriff's Department and pays a tithe to his ghosts by doing what no one was able to do for his brother--find the missing and bring them home.

He's good at solving difficult mysteries. The dog is even better.

This time the missing person is a ten-year-old boy who walked into the woods...