"Charles Lindbergh, Jr. is America's most famous baby. And now he's missing. A frantic search turns up muddy footprints, a homemade ladder, and a ransom note. But there's no sign of the child or his kidnappers." --from back cover.
"It's the Great Flood of 1993, and much of the midwestern U.S. is covered with water. But the tiny town of Hardin, Missouri, is covered with something much, much worse..." --from back cover.