M. Van prináša do svojich diel jedinečnú zmes realizmu a fantázie, ktorá často zanecháva čitateľov v úžase. Jeho štýl je plný nečakaných zvratov a silných emócií, čo z neho robí autora, ktorého knihy sa nedajú odložiť. Van sa nebojí skúmať temnejšie stránky ľudskej povahy a zároveň udržiavať napätie a akciu až do samého konca. Jeho schopnosť vytvoriť vierohodné postavy v neuveriteľných situáciách je to, čo definuje jeho literárny prínos.
Trapped in a darkness threatening to destroy her mind, Julie is forced to bare her soul at the mercy of a killer. She struggles to retain her sanity as the hope of returning to her fiance dissolves with every day spent behind the glass. As Julie's story unfolds onto the page things can't get worse, until she finds that she is not alone.
The sun is dying. Humanity's experiments with space travel have turned the life-giving star into a planet-scorching red giant. The few survivors on earth now exist beneath domed radiation shields that keep the populace safe-for now. Fierce order is maintained among the people of the decaying cities by Artificial Representations, ARs, mindless and memoryless laboratory-grown cyborgs that patrol the streets, acting as judges, juries, and executioners to any who dare disturb the fragile authoritarian order. But when the image of a mysterious woman invades the supposedly empty consciousness of Enforcer 959, it sets in motion a chain of events that threatens not only to reveal the secrets of this so-called cyborg herself but also to destroy the last remaining vestiges of humanity-or save those who remain.