A Single Blade of Grass

FRANK JOINS FORCES WITH AN ARCHEOLOGIST WHEN THE BODY OF A RECENTLY-MURDERED NATIVE AMERICAN MAN IS DISCOVERED AMONGST ANCIENT REMAINS. Several figures wearing false face masks force a Native American man, Daniel Olivaw, to consume rattlesnake venom. As the poison takes effect, one of the masked men, Joe Reynard, asks Daniel to describe what he sees. But Daniel begins to scream and convulse, and falls to the ground in agony. Daniel's body is discovered at a Manhattan construction site/archeological dig near the remains of a withered, mummified body. New York City Police Sergeant Manny Walters asks Frank for his help in solving the case. Frank cannot help but notice the similarities between the ancient remains and Daniel's corpse,...