International bestseller M. J. Rose has written a gripping and
unforgettable novel about a woman paralyzed by the past, a man robbed
of his future, and a centuries old secret. The dreads are back. As a
child, Meer Logan was haunted by memories of another time and place,
always accompanied by the faint strains of elusive music. Now the past
has reached out again in the form of a strange letter that sets her on
a journey to Vienna to unlock the mystery of who she once was. With
each step, she comes closer to remembering connections between a
clandestine reincarnationist society, a lost flute linked to Ludwig van
Beethoven, and David Yalom, a journalist who understands all too well
how the past affects the future. David knows loss first hand – terrorism
is a reality that cost him his family. He's seen every solution
promised by security experts around the world – and he's seen every
solution fail. Now, in a concert hall in Vienna, he plans to force the
world to understand the cost of those failures in a single, violent
act. Because those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat
it...