SHONA MACLEAN

Bill Brockton is exhuming a body to obtain a bone sample for a paternity test. A simple enough job until he discovers that the body's limbs have all been removed. Digging deeper, he soon finds himself embroiled in the massive and very illegal market for human body parts. He becomes drawn into the enterprise, selling donated corpses to the postmortem chop shop ndash; in league with the FBI, hoping to bring the organization down. All the while, his friend and Medical Examiner, Eddie Garcia, is struggling with the aftermath of their last case. A massive dose of radiation has left him missing one hand and most of the fingers from the other. He's on the waiting list for a transplant, but with so many parts around, Brockton is sorely tempted to jeopardize the investigation ndash; and his own principles ndash; to help his friend. Will he be able to live with himself if he does? Will he be able to live with himself if he doesn't?

Thriller histórico ambientado en la Escocia del siglo XVII. Es el primer libro de una serie de obras sobre las aventuras de Alexander Seaton. La obra comienza con un asesinato por envenenamiento. El cuerpo de la victima aparece en la escuela donde Alexander Seaton es maestro, y su amigo Charles es detenido e imputado por el crimen. Seaton iniciara entonces un viaje donde intentara desenmascarar al verdadero asesino y demostrar la inocencia de su amigo. Paralelamente, Seaton comenzara lo que da titulo a la obra la redencion de su alma. El sueño de Alexander Seaton era ser pastor, pero su historia de amor con la hija de un aristocrata le supuso la expulsion de la iglesia . A partir de entonces su vida se convierte en un calvario. En su viaje por salvar la vida de su amigo, Seaton se descubrira a si mismo, reconocera sus miedos y sus errores, recuperara su fe en Dios y en si mismo, y conseguira librarse de un agonizante sentimiento de culpa que no le deja vivir en paz.