At the Jeffersonian Institute, the dead don’t stay silent for long. Dr. Emilia Carter is one of the nation’s top forensic anthropologists—brilliant, meticulous, and unshaken by what others can’t bear to see. To her, bones are more than remains; they are evidence, truth, and sometimes the only voice a victim has left. In a world built on facts and fractures, she trusts science above all else. But when she’s assigned to work closely with FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth, logic meets instinct in wa