n explosive, high-stakes thriller of espionage and counterterrorism by theWall Street Journalbestselling authors ofTier One.Ashocking attack in Ankara leaves the US Ambassador to Turkey dead andhis chief of staff, Amanda Allen, in the hands of brutal terrorists. ButAllen is no ordinary diplomat. She’s undercover CIA. The DNI and thePresident turn to Ember, America’s premier black-ops task force, and itsdeadliest weapon, former Tier One Navy SEAL John Dempsey, for help. Tofind Allen, Ember gets embedded in the most dangerous battlefield onEarth: Syria. But when all communications are disabled by an attack inTurkey, Dempsey finds himself with no backup—a lone shadow warriorracing against time to rescue Allen from her captors before she reachesher breaking point.What Dempsey doesn’t realize isthat Allen is just a pawn in a much larger game. A new player hasalready been unleashed: a legendary mercenary who matches the AmericanOperator in skill, tactical prowess, and a killer instinct for survival.Now there is far more at stake than a kidnapped CIA agent. Dempsey andhis team better get this one right, because the balance of power for theentire Middle East rests on their shoulders. And the new threat is farmore dangerous than any Dempsey has encountered in his decades wagingwar against terrorism. Game on.