"A Mother's Nightmare...A Reader's Thrilling Story." In the central highlands of Guatemala, the lives of three different women, from three different worlds collide when an American child disappears. A mother searches for her missing daughter and clings to her dream of adopting a Mayan orphan. A battle-scarred American security agent hunts for the truth. A desperate and pregnant hotel maid will do anything to give her unborn child a better life. Each wants justice, but can they afford the price?