Former special forces operative Jake Carter works as an electrician in the New York City subway. When his ex-girlfriend Sophie Keane contacts him about a conspiracy involving The Hidden, a mysterious group out to control the world, he's understandably wary, since he hasn't heard from her in 10 years. As he delves deeper into the strange goings-on around New York--dogs howling in the streets, hieroglyphic graffiti painted on city walls, birds dropping dead from the sky, massive power outages--he realizes that Sophie may not be as crazy as she sounds.
She does know what's going on--and attempts to escape the clutches of this secret organization she's been a willing agent for until a recent change of heart. When she contacts Jake, her handlers come calling with deadly force.
Finn Walsh, an archeologist who specializes in lost languages and civilizations, is researching a mystery of her own, a submerged yet perfectly intact lost city with Mayan and Egyptian symbologies, featuring some of the same characters Jake has seen deep in the tunnels below New York.
The Hidden are taking out military targets and hacking into financial centers around the world. Are they causing the weird behavior worldwide, or just taking advantage of it? Who is ultimately in charge? How can a handful of people like Jake, Finn and Sophie stop such a well-funded and expert organization? Their search for the answers to these questions fill Sunfail with excitement and tension, leading to a thrilling conclusion ripe for a sequel. --Rob LeFebvre, freelance writer and editor