The Cage (Exclusive Digital Short Story)

Ethan Cross

Sep 2012 · Random House

About this ebook

The pulse-pounding prequel to The Shepherd and The Prophet.


They thought they could contain him... They were wrong.

Francis Ackerman Jr. is one of the most prolific serial killers in US history. But he's not only a serial killer, he's also a serial escapist. When a doctor who has discovered a ground-breaking treatment for psychopaths wants to test his theories upon Ackerman, the madman sees his chance at freedom. The
only people that stand in his way are the hospital's Head of Security and a young woman with a personal vendetta against the killer.

This ebook exclusive includes extra material: the opening chapters of Ethan Cross's gripping new thriller The Propheti, out in ebook and paperback this October.

(Please note that The Cage is a direct-to-digital novella.)

About the author

Ethan Cross was born and raised in a small town in rural Illinois. When a fireman or a policeman would visit his school, most of his classmates' heads would swim with aspirations of growing up and catching bad guys or saving someone from a blazing inferno. When these moments came for Ethan , however, his dreams weren't to someday be a cop or put out fires; he just wanted to write about it.

Now his dream of telling stories on a grand scale has come to fruition with the release of his new thrillers, The Shepherd, The Prophet and The Cage.

Ethan Cross still lives in Illinois with his wife and two daughters.