Anthropological geneticist Dr. Bryce Johnson returns to his Manchester, New Hampshire, home in time to receive a cryptic phone call from his colleague, Scott Ferris. In a frightened voice, Scott tells him: "The research…it's real…" before two men brutally assault him. The next thing Bryce hears is the murderer's voice asking, "Who is this, please?" Veronica Tremain was exhausted when she stepped into her Boulder, Colorado, house. Freshly returned from celebrating her new Ph.D., she learns that her brother, Scott, has been murdered in Fort Collins. After seeing Scott's burned and mangled body, she is horrified to learn that she is the local police department's prime suspect. FBI…