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Less than a decade into the future, a new potential terrorist attack in Kuwait has drawn the attention of a classified intelligence organization known only as The Agency. The skills required to prevent the attack leave the assignment to Petra, a hotshot in the Research department who quietly retired from fieldwork after an assignment went belly up on her watch. Now she's forced to uproot her life completely and infiltrate Kuwaiti political circles in order to identify the threat and stop the attack. Making matters worse is the involvement of the Ahriman, a legendary terrorist assassin with a body count to his name and unexpected ties to Petra's past. With the clock ticking, Petra will have to overcome her PTSD about returning to the field, find out the details of the attack, prevent it from happening, and avoid falling into the Ahriman's deadly hands.
Inspired by great modern thriller writers like Grisham and Clancy, the author assembles an amazing action-packed narrative here that moves at the perfect pace throughout. Telling its tale in a disjointed chronological order, the audience learns everything necessary at the right time to keep the intrigue high and the story moving brilliantly along. For many readers, this book will prove to be one of the hardest to put down in some time. Fans of spy fiction, political intrigue, and real adventure will want to get in on this series' ground floor in order to anticipate further outings with these characters. More than just a showcase for cool gadgets or smooth talking, this book shines among the genre simply through superb storytelling.
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