**The #1 *New York Times* bestselling author of the Scot Harvath series and “heir to Tom Clancy and Robert Ludlum” ( *Chicago Tribune* ) returns with this unputdownable, white-knuckled thriller following the Secret Service agent as he’s on the trail of the world’s most ruthless terrorist. ** After rescuing the President from kidnappers in Thor’s roaring debut, *The Lions of Lucerne* , Secret Service agent Scot Harvath shifts his attentions to rooting out, capturing, or killing all those responsible for the plot. As he prepares to close out his list, a bloody and twisted trail of clues points toward one man–the world’s most dangerous terrorist. Only one problem Harvath and his CIA-led team have no idea what the man looks like. With no alternative, they are forced to recruit a civilian–a woman who has survived a brutal hijacking and is now the only person who can positively identify their quarry. From the burning deserts of North Africa to the winding streets of Rome, Harvath must brave a maelstrom of bloodshed and deception before the world is engulfed in flames.
