Simon & Schuster
November 2010
On Sale: November 2, 2010
Featuring: Ryan Kessler
397 pages ISBN: 1439156352 EAN: 9781439156353 Kindle: B003UYUO54 Hardcover / e-Book Add to Wish List
Behind the well-known U.S. security organizations— the
FBI and CIA among them—lies a heavily guarded, anonymous
government agency dedicated to intelligence surveillance and
to a highly specialized brand of citizen protection.
Shock waves of alarm ripple through the clandestine
agency when Washington, D.C., police detective Ryan Kessler
inexplicably becomes the target of Henry Loving, a seasoned,
ruthless “lifter” hired to obtain information using whatever
means necessary. While Loving is deft at torture, his
expertise lies in getting an “edge” on his
victim—leverage—usually by kidnapping or threatening family
until the “primary” caves under pressure.
The job of
keeping the Kessler family alive falls to a man named Corte,
a senior federal protection officer known as a “shepherd.”
Uncompromising, relentlessly devoted to protecting those in
his care and a passionate board game aficionado, he applies
brilliant gaming strategy to his work. For Corte, the
reappearance of Loving—the man who, six years earlier, had
tortured and killed someone close to him—is also an
opportunity to avenge his friend’s death. The assignment
soon escalates into a fast-paced duel between Corte and
Loving, a dangerous volley of wits and calculated risks.
As he shepherds the Kesslers to a concealed safe
house, Corte must anticipate Loving’s every step as the
lifter moves in on his prey, and with the help of
razor-sharp investigator Claire DuBois and his longtime
ally, FBI agent Paul Fredericks, pinpoint which of Kessler’s
seemingly insignificant cases has triggered Loving’s return.
As the team digs deeper, each of the Kesslers comes under
close scrutiny, and in captivity their family bonds are
stretched to the breaking point—as the lifter draws near,
Corte must ultimately choose between protecting his charges
and exposing them to a killer in the name of long-awaited
revenge.
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