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On the campus of the University of Tennessee lies a patch of ground unlike any in the world. The "Body Farm" is a place where human corpses are left to the elements, and every manner of decay is fully explored -- for the sake of science and the cause of justice. The scientist who created the Body Farm has broken cold cases and revolutionized forensics, and now, in this heart-stopping novel, he spins an astonishing tale inspired by his own experiences.A woman's corpse lies hidden in a cave in the mountains of East Tennessee. Undiscovered for thirty years, her body has been transformed by the cave's chemistry into a near-perfect mummy -- one that discloses an explosive secret to renowned anthropologist Bill Brockton. Dr. Brockton has spent his career surrounded by death and decay at the Body Farm, but even he is baffled by this case unfolding in a unique environment where nothing is quite what it seems.
About the Author
Jon Jefferson is a prolific author, veteran journalist, and seasoned documentary writer/producer. His two-part National Geographic documentary - Biography of a Corpse and Anatomy of a Corpse - took millions of viewers behind the razor-wire fence of the University of Tennessee's renowned Anthropological Research Facility, better known as the Body Farm.
Under the pen name Jefferson Bass - collaborating with forensic legend Bill Bass - he has written ten crime novels in the New York Times bestselling Body Farm series. He has also written two true-crime books about Bass's career and cases.
A runner, cyclist, and pilot, Jefferson lives and writes in Athens, Georgia.
