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Fallout: A Beck Casey Thriller (The Beck Casey Thrillers #3)
by Earl MerkelWhen DC is leveled by a nuclear attack and the President is assassinated, former CIA op Beck Casey rises from the ashes to bring terrorists to justice . . . “Washington . . . gone.” Ominous words uttered on an Israeli submarine stationed in the Gulf of Oman moments before a torpedo destroys that vessel as well. A nuclear strike has rendered the American capital a radioactive wasteland. But that’s just the beginning of a vast, coordinated terrorist attack. The President falls next. Lone wolf shootings erupt throughout the heartland. Computer viruses take down systems and disable grids across the country. The stakes have never been higher, as former CIA agent Beck Casey joins forces with an international task force to neutralize a seemingly unstoppable enemy. They’ve got three days to save the world . . . or die trying.
Fallout: A Novel
by Wil MaraWil Mara returns with a top-notch thriller that will keep you flipping pages.Silver Lake, Pennsylvania, is hit by a monster storm. When a massive lightning strike hits one of the nuclear reactors that provides power to Silver Lake and much of the state, essential components fail. Explosions and containment breaches follow. Radiation pours into the storm-wracked air. Preparing for a storm was one thing, but all the duct tape, plastic tarps, and particle board in the world won't protect the townspeople from the fallout. Sarah Redmond, acting mayor of Silver Lake, and her husband, an EMT, find themselves battling the storm and nuclear disaster simultaneously: flash floods and evacuations, downed trees and radiation sickness. Staff at the power plant scramble to determine the extent of the damage and stop the leaks. Everything's being streamed onto the internet by Marla Hollis, a local journalist who happened to be in the right place at the wrong time. Trapped at the plant, she's determined to get the story out at any cost. Nuclear disaster, not in far-off Chernobyl or Fukushima, but on American soil. How much of Pennsylvania will become a radioactive nightmare for generations to come?At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Fallout: A V.I. Warshawski Novel (V.I. Warshawski Novels)
by Sara ParetskyP.D. JAMES called her "the most remarkable" of today's suspense writers. STIEG LARSSON loved her work so much, he named her in his novels. And now SARA PARETSKY returns with the most extraordinary novel of her legendary career: FALLOUT. Before there was Lisbeth Salander, before there was Stephanie Plum, there was V.I. WARSHAWSKI. To her parents, she's Victoria Iphigenia. To her friends, she's Vic. But to clients seeking her talents as a detective, she's V.I. And her new case will lead her from her native Chicago... and into Kansas, on the trail of a vanished film student and a faded Hollywood star. Accompanied by her dog, V.I. tracks her quarry through a university town, across fields where missile silos once flourished -- and into a past riven by long-simmering racial tensions, a past that holds the key to the crimes of the present. But as the mysteries stack up, so does the body count. And in this, her toughest case, not even V.I. is safe. Exciting and provocative, fiercely intelligent and witty, FALLOUT is reading at its most enjoyable and powerful.
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by Sara ParetskyV.I. Warshawski's impossible god-daughter Bernie convinces her to look for August, a young film-maker who has disappeared. The evidence indicates that he has gone to Kansas in the company of Emerald, an older black movie actress who wants to film the story of her life. Her search takes V.I. from the military base Emerald was born on, to the farm where she grew up outside a university town, ploughing up past and present-day secrets as she goes. What is happening at the former nuclear missile site next door to the farm? What happened at the site in 1983, when students tried to stage their own version of Greenham Common? Everywhere V.I. turns she seems to be finding more trouble - with not a sign of August and Emerald. And then trouble turns to death . . .
Fallout: V.I. Warshawski 18
by Sara ParetskyV.I. Warshawski's impossible god-daughter Bernie convinces her to look for August, a young film-maker who has disappeared. The evidence indicates that he has gone to Kansas in the company of Emerald, an older black movie actress who wants to film the story of her life. Her search takes V.I. from the military base Emerald was born on, to the farm where she grew up outside a university town, ploughing up past and present-day secrets as she goes. What is happening at the former nuclear missile site next door to the farm? What happened at the site in 1983, when students tried to stage their own version of Greenham Common? Everywhere V.I. turns she seems to be finding more trouble - with not a sign of August and Emerald. And then trouble turns to death...(P)2017 Hodder & Stoughton
Falsa innocenza
by Alessandra Cesana Rossana C. L.La modella Verónica Dreick, decisa ad intercambiare una preziosa informazione per molto denaro, scompare senza poter portare a termine il suo compito. I fatti accadono nel Principato di Monaco, dove la sua amica Marian Fynch e la famiglia di questa l'attendono per trascorrere delle piacevoli vacanze. Tuttavia, dopo qualche ora d'inquietudine per la scomparsa della ragazza, Veronica chiama da Firenze, dando così segni di vita. Vincent Fynch, il fratelo di Marian viaggia fino alla bella città italiana per cercare di conquistare la bella modella desiderando allo stesso tempo, vincere la forte attrazione che sente per la sensuale decoratrice Cat Preston, che mantiene una relazone amorosa con l'architetto e padre del ragazzo, Phil Fynch. Ma che segreto nasconde Veronica? Può essere realzionato con la misteriosa scomparsa del fotografo Alessio Rosso? Il fratello di questo Greg Rosso, cercherà di arrivare alla verità con la speranza di trovare Alessio in vita. La principale indiziata è la famosa modella Belinda Star, con la quale il fotografo manteneva una tormentata relazione. Ma, sarà realmente lei la colpevole?.
Falsas memórias
by Blake CrouchMelhor livro do ano pela Time • NPR • Book Riot E se alguém pudesse reescrever a sua vida? A realidade é feita de memórias. É nisso que acredita Barry Sutton, um inspetor da Polícia de Nova Iorque que se encontra a investigar um fenómeno invulgar chamado Síndrome das Falsas Memórias – uma misteriosa doença que enlouquece as suas vítimas com recordações de uma vida que nunca viveram. Também Helena Smith acredita nisso. Como neurocientista, tem dedicado a sua vida à criação de uma tecnologia que nos permita preservar as memórias mais preciosas. Se for bem-sucedida, qualquer pessoa poderia revisitar o primeiro beijo, o nascimento de um filho ou o último momento de um ente querido. Porém, à medida que a realidade começa a fraturar-se, Barry e Helena percebem que talvez exista algo mais sinistro do que a doença a ameaçar o mundo tal como o conhecem — algo que não ataca somente as memórias, mas o próprio passado. Juntos, iniciam um trabalho em contrarrelógio com o intuito de encontrar uma solução para este fenómeno. Mas como conseguirão fazê-lo, se a própria realidade parece desmoronar-se à volta deles? Os elogios da crítica: «Gloriosamente retorcido… Uma história inebriante, como as que se contam à volta da fogueira.»The New York Times Book Review «Um profundo thriller de ficção científica. Blake Crouch mistura ciência e intriga com mestria na experiência do que significa ser profundamente humano.»Newsweek «Blake Crouch dá uma nova vida a estes temas com uma combinação de emoção, inteligência e meditações filosóficas.» Entertainment Weekly«Uma alucinante viagem pela memória. (…) A inteligência de Blake Crouch está à altura do desafio que criou de superar a estrutura do próprio tempo.»Time «Um thriller inteligente e alucinante… BlakeCrouch integra sem esforço conceitos filosóficos sofisticados num enredo complexo e envolvente.»Publishers Weekly «Mais um livro vencedor de um autor no seu melhor.»AV Club «Um livro brilhantemente único e repleto de ação que me manteve acordado até tardee me fez fugir às responsabilidades até ter devorado a última página… Uma leitura fantástica.»Andy Weir, autor bestseller de O Marciano
False Accusations
by Alan JacobsonA surgeon charged with double homicide is out to clear his name in this debut thriller from the USA Today–bestselling author of the Karen Veil series. Dr. Phillip Madison has everything: wealth, power, and an impeccable reputation. But in the pre-dawn hours of a quiet California suburb, the revered orthopedic surgeon is charged with double homicide—a cold-blooded hit-and-run that has left an innocent young couple dead. Blood evidence has brought the police to his door. An eyewitness has placed him at the crime scene . . . and Madison has no alibi. With his family torn apart, his career forever damaged, no way to prove his innocence, and facing life in prison, Madison hires an investigator to find the person who has engineered the case against him. As his privileged world is brought crashing down by a psychotic seductress, as family and friends abandon him, Madison&’s only hope for vindication rests in revealing a truth at the heart of a lie. It is a disclosure that could cost him more than he ever imagined.False Accusations is a psychological thriller that instantly became a national bestseller and launched Alan Jacobson&’s career, a novel that spurred CNN to call him &“one of the brightest stars in the publishing industry.&”
False Allegations
by Andrew VachssBurke, ex-con, mercenary, and rumored hit man, makes his living by preying on New York's most vicious predators and occasionally avenging their innocent victims. But in Andrew Vachss's mercilessly suspenseful new novel, Burke finds himself working the other side of the street, where guilt and innocence are as disposable as the sheets in a Times Square hotel . . . and as dirty. Burke's new employer is Kite, a fanatical crusader who specializes in debunking "false allegations" of child sexual abuse. Kite has a case that may be the real thing, but needs Burke to tell him if it is. And if mere money can't persuade Burke to cooperate, Kite has plenty of other incentives at his disposal, including an over-zealous bodyguard with a taste for corsets and brass knuckles. A tour guide to hell written in icy prose, False Allegations is Vachss at his most unnerving. "Burke is the toughest talking first-person narrator since Mike Hammer. " - Los Angeles Times "Vachss . . . writes hypnotically violent prose. " - Chicago Sun-Times
False Cargo
by L. Ron HubbardDiscover intrigue. Brent Calloway is hired by an insurance firm to board a cargo vessel undercover and ensure it makes its way to San Diego in one piece. Once the voyage is underway, Calloway finds fraud, a pattern of organized scuttlings and the true fate of another vessel captained by an old friend. But when Calloway's true identity is revealed, he must fight for his life--and the real danger begins. ALSO INCLUDES THE ADVENTURE STORY "GROUNDED""...one of the great pulp writers, with colorful prose, lively action writing, exotic locales, fresh variations on standard characters and situations, and well-constructed plots."--Ellery Queen
False Charity (The Abbot Agency Mysteries #1)
by Veronica HeleyNewly widowed Bea Abbot must decide what to do with her deceased husband's business, an exclusive organization handling domestic crises. Though Bea is tempted to sell up, she soon begins investigating an accounting irregularity within a catering firm. What Bea doesn't know (but will soon discover) is that someone is way out of control, and finding it all too easy to kill . . .
False Colors
by Richard PowellWhat you're starting to read now is called a jacket blurb. Its purpose is to tell you enough about the book to steam you up into reading it. Jacket blurbs are usually written by publishers, and sometimes they fib a little about how wonderful the book is.But this time the publisher asked me, the author, to write the blurb. I suppose that, after publishing nine other Powell novels, Simon and Schuster feel I ought to do my own exaggerating for a change. So let's get that over with: "This is a magnificent book and you'll love every word of it." Now we can relax.This is a mystery novel. The hero is a young Philadelphia art dealer who gets mixed up in dirty work in the field of art collecting. Maybe I shouldn't call him a hero. If he ever did have the usual mystery story hero's nerves of steel and muscles of iron, they certainly got badly rusted. He's slow and cautious. In fact the guy admits that, in the great race of life, he's just along for the walk. He gets scared in tough spots. I felt sorry about shoving him into so much trouble, even though I did give him a jet-propelled blonde heroine as a sort of workmen's compensation for his injuries. Still and all, there are easier ways of winning a pretty blonde than by battling strong-arm guys, gunmen and a murderer, and I think my hero would have preferred them. I know I would.This story took a lot of research. I read stacks of art books, and talked to artists and dealers. I prowled through museums peering at famous paintings through a magnifying glass. My new knowledge even impresses my artist friends, and it's mighty hard for a writer to impress an artist. To most artists, a writer is a vandal who takes white space that could be used for pictures and clutters it up with words.I've tried to get some of the flavor of Philadelphia into the book. That's an elusive thing to pin down in words, but here's an example of what Philadelphia is like. In most cities, if you owned a valuable old Chippendale chair, you would call everyone's attention to your prize. In Philadelphia, you would sit in it.I hope you like the book. Don't try to please me by saying you stayed up after midnight finishing it, though. It never seems fair to me that people can read in just a few hours something that took me a year to write.--Richard Powell
False Colors
by Richard PowellWhat you’re starting to read now is called a jacket blurb. Its purpose is to tell you enough about the book to steam you up into reading it. Jacket blurbs are usually written by publishers, and sometimes they fib a little about how wonderful the book is.But this time the publisher asked me, the author, to write the blurb. I suppose that, after publishing nine other Powell novels, Simon and Schuster feel I ought to do my own exaggerating for a change. So let’s get that over with: “This is a magnificent book and you’ll love every word of it.” Now we can relax.This is a mystery novel. The hero is a young Philadelphia art dealer who gets mixed up in dirty work in the field of art collecting. Maybe I shouldn’t call him a hero. If he ever did have the usual mystery story hero’s nerves of steel and muscles of iron, they certainly got badly rusted. He’s slow and cautious. In fact the guy admits that, in the great race of life, he’s just along for the walk. He gets scared in tough spots. I felt sorry about shoving him into so much trouble, even though I did give him a jet-propelled blonde heroine as a sort of workmen’s compensation for his injuries. Still and all, there are easier ways of winning a pretty blonde than by battling strong-arm guys, gunmen and a murderer, and I think my hero would have preferred them. I know I would.This story took a lot of research. I read stacks of art books, and talked to artists and dealers. I prowled through museums peering at famous paintings through a magnifying glass. My new knowledge even impresses my artist friends, and it’s mighty hard for a writer to impress an artist. To most artists, a writer is a vandal who takes white space that could be used for pictures and clutters it up with words.I’ve tried to get some of the flavor of Philadelphia into the book. That’s an elusive thing to pin down in words, but here’s an example of what Philadelphia is like. In most cities, if you owned a valuable old Chippendale chair, you would call everyone’s attention to your prize. In Philadelphia, you would sit in it.I hope you like the book. Don’t try to please me by saying you stayed up after midnight finishing it, though. It never seems fair to me that people can read in just a few hours something that took me a year to write.--Richard Powell
False Conception
by GreenleafPerforming a background check on a prospective surrogate mother for childless tycoons Millicent and Stuart Colbert, detective John Marshall Tanner uncovers terrible secrets when the surrogate disappears two months into her pregnancy.
False Convictions (Casey Jordan #3)
by Tim GreenIn bestselling author Tim Green's latest thriller, Casey Jordan returns--seeking justice in a small town riddled with FALSE CONVICTIONS. Casey is counting on an open-and-shut case, a sure success for her first effort with the Freedom Project, the renowned charity group dedicated to helping exonerate wrongfully convicted prisoners. Not only is the Freedom Project giving Casey the chance to help innocent people, but its founder, Robert Graham, is offering Casey a one-million-dollar annual pledge to her legal clinic for taking on just two jobs a year. Her first assignment is to revive the case of Dwayne Hubbard, an indigent black man serving a life sentence for the rape and murder of a college student seventeen years ago. Using DNA evidence, Casey expects to easily prove Hubbard's innocence. Yet when she arrives in rural Auburn, New York, she meets immediate and aggressive resistance. Tormented by death threats and assassination attempts, Casey investigates a prosecution apparently rife with lies. From the judge, the lawyers, the jury, to the police, she traces a web of corruption surrounding the destruction of one young man. But in all the chaos, Casey's hardest challenge may be just staying alive.
False Evidence (Prologue Crime)
by E. Phillips OppenheimThe story of a gallant soldier who is dismissed his regiment, and disowned by his father, because he has been found guilty, on "false evidence," of cowardice in the field. He changes his name, and later his son falls in love with the daughter of the man whose false evidence led to his ruin.
False Face (Murder Room #221)
by Vera CasparyIt was the party of a lifetime - but she never arrived...'Vera Caspary is an expert at suspense and suspicion' New York TimesWhen popular young schoolteacher Nina Redfield reports to police the whereabouts of Bushie Neal, a criminal on the run, she sets off a chain of events over which she has no control.Nina is about to leave for a Hallowe'en party at a friend's house. An escort is sent to collect her, so it's no surprise to Nina when a masked man in a Harlequin costume calls for her. But Nina and her escort never reach the party . . .Could her past association with Bushie's sworn enemy Nick Brazza have any connection to her disappearance? And has she been spirited to safety - or further into danger?
False Faces
by Seth MargolisA cop goes undercover to investigate the murder of a woman on New York&’s Fire Island: &“A good yarn populated with well-drawn characters&” (Booklist). Alison, a young, single Manhattan retail buyer, first met Linda seven years ago, when both answered the same classified ad for a Fire Island share. Since then, they&’ve been returning to Seaside Harbor every summer weekend. But one night, after leaving Crane&’s, a famed singles bar, Linda is found murdered, and Alison starts to realize how little she really knows about her housemate. Is the killer a spurned suitor? What about the mysterious lover back in the city Linda had spoken of—but whom Alison has never met? Meanwhile, Long Island police officer Joe DiGregorio has been assigned to work undercover on the case, posing as a yuppie accountant. Together, Joe and Alison—who is unaware of Joe&’s real identity—are about to unravel Linda&’s many secrets . . . &“With refreshing insight, Margolis conveys the intensity and the crass materialism that are the hallmarks of a certain breed of young professionals.&” —Publishers Weekly
False Flag
by John Altman Edoardo BalleriniA fiendish plot against the US governmentA fascinating and original Israeli heroine and antiheroine at odds as the clock ticks downIn False Flag, Israeli-born Dalia Artzi, a tactical genius and specialist at Princeton in the study of maneuver warfare, uncovers a fiendish plot by a small group of Israeli fanatics to commit a horrific crime against the United States government and pin the blame on Iran. Meanwhile, Jana, a beautiful but deadly Israeli operative taking orders from the conspiring fanatics, is determined to deftly fulfill the deadly mission entrusted to her. Centered on a fascinating and original Israeli heroine and antiheroine, False Flag probes some of the most important political and moral conflicts of our times.“If there are thriller writers better than this, I’d like to know who they are.” — Jack Higgins, New York Times bestselling author“With complex characters possessed of hard edges, this intelligent and delectable story is sophisticated, razor-sharp, and definitely one for your keeper shelf.” — Steve Berry, New York Times bestselling author“A wondrously complex thriller…Chillingly prescient and masterfully structured.” — John Land,USA Today bestselling author
False Flag
by F. W. RustmannA young, female CIA officer under non-official cover has been snatched off of the streets of Beirut by Hezbollah. <P><P>This is the kind of situation that CIA's legendary Deputy Director of Operations Edwin Rothmann needs solved fast—but he can't involve the agency. Instead, he enlists the renegade Ft. Lauderdale outfit he refers to as "CIA, Inc." headed by former CIA case officer Mac MacMurphy. <P><P>As the kidnapped officer faces a battle of wits with her mysterious interrogator, MacMurphy and his team track down a former CIA asset who may hold the key to infiltrating the hostage situation before it gets out of hand.
False Fortune
by Twist PhelanMeet "winningly brassy" (Publishers Weekly) and "brainy" (Booklist) attorney Hannah Dain, who the Chicago Tribune says "could probably whip any wimpy lawyer hero created by the likes of John Grisham or Lisa Scottoline with one arm tied behind her back." Hannah is settling back into her law practice at the family firm, trying not to think too much about Cooper Smith, the boyfriend she's dumped--for the second time. Hard to do when half-sister Shelby, fresh from rehab, is deeply in love, or at least lust, with a local firefighter. A trip to an abandoned uranium mine turns into the daring lake rescue of a mysterious woman. Then the sisters' already-rocky relationship becomes bumpier. Hannah is appointed lead counsel in Shelby's toxic tort case on behalf of the local Indian tribe--a case, Hannah learns, that some people will do anything to keep out of the courtroom. The arrival of a recently-discovered family member on Hannah's doorstep further jeopardizes her relationship with Shelby. Hannah's new friend, Jerry Dan Kovacs, only makes things more complicated. From the moment he jumps into the lake with Hannah to prevent a drowning to his discovery of a hidden map to his bungled attempt at corporate espionage, Jerry Dan entangles Hannah in a whirlwind of events, eventually pulling her into a treasure hunt that may be tied to a complex fraud. Assault and murder ratchet up the ante, and soon Hannah is in such deep water, not even her trusty kayak can keep her afloat. With careers and lives on the line, Hannah must unravel the schemes before it is too late.
False Friend: A Novel (Detective Cooper Devereaux #2)
by Andrew GrantThe second installment in the extraordinary Cooper Devereaux mystery thriller series, which combines the atmosphere of James Lee Burke and Craig Johnson with the noir brilliance of Robert Crais An arsonist is targeting schools in Birmingham, Alabama—with devastating effect. Detective Devereaux—a man you can&’t quite trust and should never ignore—must put a stop to the elusive pyromaniac&’s reign of terror before more damage is done. Or worse, before students&’ lives are lost. But as Devereaux sifts through the ashes of the case, a grisly discovery at a burned-out school sends the investigation spiraling in a new, terrifying direction. The detective and his partner are dragged into a nightmare world by revelations of gruesome rituals, the disappearance of local citizens, and allegations against city officials of shocking crimes that stretch back decades. With innocent lives on the line, progress is hampered by friction between the police department and the FBI, and interference from factions of the local underworld complicate matters further. Devereaux doesn&’t make excuses for his willingness to work outside the lines, but just as he needs to be at the top of his game, he&’s rocked by echoes from his troubled past that threaten to engulf his daughter and girlfriend—and fracture the life he&’s only recently begun to rebuild.Praise for False Friend&“The second installment starring [Detective Cooper] Devereaux is a suspenseful action-packed drama that is sure to please fans of the series and mystery/thriller lovers alike. As a stand-alone, it will inspire newcomers to seek out the first book.&”—Library Journal &“An incendiary thriller . . . Cooper is solid—decent, flawed, and entertaining.&”—Kirkus Reviews Praise for Andrew Grant&’s RUN &“An adrenaline-fueled thrill ride that will have your head spinning and your heart pounding.&”—Joseph Finder &“High stakes, high tension, and nonstop action . . . Hang on and enjoy this smart, original, and fast-paced adventure.&”—Hank Phillippi Ryan &“Relentless, twisty, and blistering fast, it&’s a book you don&’t dare start at bedtime.&”—Sean Chercover &“A whizbang of a novel with just the right dose of smart-ass.&”—Chelsea Cain &“Breathtakingly fast-paced.&”—Harlan Coben &“A perfect thriller—smart, fast, and blazing with nonstop surprises.&”—Robert Crais
False Friends (Nancy Drew on Campus #7)
by Carolyn KeeneSometimes getting what you want isn't all it's cracked up to be. . . In training for the upcoming 10K race, George is working up a heavy sweat, determined to do well and ensure qualification for the track and field team. But at times winning can be deceiving, and Nancy's beginning to wonder if her promotion at Wilder Times is on the up and up. . . or if Jake's been pulling strings. Speaking of deception, what's the deal with REACH? Dawn Steiger has already joined the group, which promises to work for peace and understanding, but Nancy suspects REACH has a different goal and she's out to get the story. Bess, meanwhile, wants to know Paul Cody's story: Is he for real. . . or just another guy out for a good time?
False Friends: The 9th Spider Shepherd Thriller (The Spider Shepherd Thrillers #9)
by Stephen LeatherTHE TOP FIVE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER: The ninth book in the bestselling Dan 'Spider' Shepherd series. The most wanted man in the world is dead. Now those loyal to him seek revenge.When Navy Seals track down and kill Osama Bin Laden in Pakistan, it's obvious there was a traitor on the inside. After the false friends are revealed to be two British students, Malik and Chaudhry - former Islamic fundamentalists recruited by MI5 - they become targets themselves.Dan 'Spider' Shepherd must teach the pair how to survive undercover with al-Qaeda closing in. But Spider is not used to playing the handler. And with the line between mentor and friend beginning to blur, and a terrorist plot putting thousands of lives at stake, can he protect everyone before it's too late?(P)2012 Isis Publishing
False Friends: The 9th Spider Shepherd Thriller (The Spider Shepherd Thrillers #9)
by Stephen LeatherThe ninth all-action thriller in the bestselling Dan 'Spider' Shepherd series. The most wanted man in the world is dead. Now those loyal to him seek revenge. When Navy Seals track down and kill Osama Bin Laden in Pakistan, it's obvious there was a traitor on the inside. After the false friends are revealed to be two British students, Malik and Chaudhry - former Islamic fundamentalists recruited by MI5 - they become targets themselves. Dan 'Spider' Shepherd must teach the pair how to survive undercover with al-Qaeda closing in. But Spider is not used to playing the handler. And with the line between mentor and friend beginning to blur, and a terrorist plot putting thousands of lives at stake, can he protect everyone before it's too late?