Young Cassie Robinette, burning with curiosity about the world, has already traveled far when she arrives in Kabul in August 1978. Angry at her boyfriend, missing her friend Jack, she meets a stranger with a tragic past and the face of a Byronic poet. Days later, they cross Afghanistan; a week after that, they enter Iran. Jack has never forgotten, even after 29 years. Stumbling across her old letters in 2007, he decides to find her. But she has left no trace. Sometime in September 1978, Cassie vanished. Desperately tracking down clues, he slowly pieces together the puzzle of her disappearance. As he gets closer, though, so does another man from her past. Unwittingly, Jack is leading the dark stranger directly to her. A psychological thriller, vanished. combines mystery, love story and heart stopping suspense.