<p><b>Chuck Palahniuk returns with the chilling tale, in classic Palahniuk tradition, of a father in search of his daughter, a young woman with a secret, and a malicious recording that can make "the whole world scream at the exact same time."</b><br><br>Private detective Foster Gates is a father is in search of his missing daughter, and sound engineer Mitzi harbors a secret that may help him solve the case. It''s Mitzi''s job to create the dubbed screams used in horror films and action movies. She''s the best at what she does.<br><br>But what no one in Hollywood knows is the screams Mitzi produces are harvested from the real, horror-filled, blood-chilling screams of people in their death throes--a technique first employed by Mitzi''s father and one she continues on in his memory--a deeply conflicted serial killer compelled beyond her understanding to honor her father''s chilling legacy.<br><br>Soon Foster finds himself on Mitzi''s trail. And in pursuit of her dark art, Mitzi realizes s