The second book in Kathy Reichs' fabulous new strand of novels featuring Tory Brennan, neice of Dr Tempe Brennan. Ever since Tory Brennan and her friends rescued Cooper, a kidnapped wolf pup with a rare strain of canine parvovirus, they've turned from regular kids into a crime solving pack!But now the very place that brought them together-the Loggerhead Island Research Institute-is out of funding and will have to shut down.That is, unless the Virals can figure out a way to save it!