Trees blurred green. The lake glittered, silver and iridescent in the sun. So begins the thrilling first case of Boston homicide detective Jonas Brant. Once Brant was a grunt in Afghanistan, serving the greater good on the front lines. Now he's a cop on the cusp of a deadly frontier of another kind. When a woman is murdered in downtown Boston, Brant is called into action. Teamed with rookie detectives Katy Malloy and John Clatterback, Brant dives into one of the most baffling mysteries of his career, scaling the depths of a world he knows nothing about. It is a world of genes, retroviruses and million dollar molecules, of rogue researchers, dubious science and high stakes. With the arrival of Russian gangster Sergei Volodin, the investigation takes a different turn. Volodin isn't in the mood to bargain. He's intelligent, he's ruthless and he's got Brant in his sights. The body count begins to rise. Brant's journey to the wilds of Maine and the crimes he uncovers is breathtaking in scope. How does a good cop stay good when so much of the world around him resides within the shadows? Even the Wind introduces Lieutenant Jonas Brant in a complex exploration of what it means to be human.