The Reacher files were unlike anything Li had ever seen. She had been through them over and over, re-reading reports, examining pictures, each time noticing some new horror. The story she was writing would cement her career in history. It could change the world. The prospect, especially with the unrest around the capital churning up so near to her, was making her chest tighten in anticipation. But each time she closed her eyes, her mind would replay the image of the dead Reacher girl on the slab, and she would be overcome with an unease she couldn"t explain. When she saw the body she felt a pang deep in her stomach, an unsettled combination of disgust, terror, and relief. She wasn"t a Reacher, and this fate would not befall her. But how many of them had ended up in that place? She had to g
