Retrieval Artist Miles Flint is on a personal missionato bring down the corrupt law firm of Wagner, Stuart, and Xender. Then a journalist working with him is murdered, and Miles may be next. But before he can begin to investigate, he has a more personal crisis to deal withahis daughter Talia is missing. Taliaaone of six clones of Milesa long-dead childahas gone off to find the other five. As Miles pursues her, he begins to fear that her search for her asistersa and his for the killer are on a collision coursea]