An odd message arrives on Kathy's cellphone: "Pirates are operating out here and they're dangerous. I can't prove it, not yet, but I need your help. Please call asap." Tom asks, "You know this guy?" Kathy replies, "Beauford Bradley? Never heard of him " It's the beginning of an exciting new adventure, one that taxes the mystery searchers in ways they couldn't even imagine. Beau Bradley - surrounded by two dozen fellow workers - has vanished into thin air. Who and why? When and where? And what on earth is happening at Deception Gap Railroad Yard? The mystery searchers embark on a puzzling search... but time is running out