William Darcy was an FBI rising star when he was plucked from a high-profile terrorist assignment and given a case that was more about PR than justice. Darcy and his scary smart partner, Laura Petersen, are sent to Rwanda to investigate a series of inexplicable kidnappings in the midst of genocide. But what they'll find in the darkest corner of Africa won't be simple--and it won't be anything they expect.

This story won honorable mention in the 16th THE YEAR'S BEST FANTASY AND HORROR edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling.

Steven Mohan, Jr. has published scores of short stories in markets as diverse as INTERZONE, POLYPHONY, and PARADOX, as well as several DAW original anthologies. His short fiction has won honorable mention in THE YEAR'S BEST SCIENCE FICTION and THE YEAR'S BEST FANTASY AND HORROR.