by Greg Rucka
In this explosive new thriller, Greg Rucka, the acclaimed author of Shooting at Midnight and Patriot Acts, isets bodyguard-turned-international-fugitive Atticus Kodiak on a one-man crusade where being willing to die for your ideals isnt enough. You have to be willing to do much worse.
I will take your place in times of danger.
As an ex-bodyguard, Atticus Kodiak knew the sentiment well. Hed once based his career on it. Now it could cost him more than just his livelihoodmore than even his life. For as he wakes to the sound of gunfire, the nightmare is about to begin again.
Atticus knew very well that people came to a place like Kobuleti to hide. After all, thats why he and Alena Cizkova had come to the secluded Georgian town in the former U.S.S.R. But Atticus never asked his friend and neighbor Bakhar Lagidze why he was in Kobuleti or what he might be hiding from. Now its too late. Bakhar and his family have been brutally murdered, and the thuggish local police chief has declared it a murder-suicide. Everyoneeven Alenaseems satisfied to leave it at that.
Except for Atticus.
He knows what the police wont acknowledge: that one person survived the bloodbath in the Lagidze householdtheir fourteen-year-old daughter. And the nightmare shes about to experience will make her wish shed died with the rest.
To rescue her Atticus must enter a web that takes him from Russia to Istanbul, that stretches from Dubai to Las Vegas. But what troubles Atticus the most is that Alenaonce one of the worlds most dangerous assassins and a woman who fears nothingis clearly terrified of what hes uncovered. And as Atticus gets closer to learning why, the closer he gets to destroying the life they have made, and each other.
"Starred Review. Only Lee Child's Jack Reacher thins the bottom-feeder population with as much brio as Atticus." - Kirkus Review
"Series fans who have come to expect a nonstop thrill ride with a topical angle won't be disappointed." - Publishers Weekly
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Greg Rucka was born in San Francisco and raised on the Central Coast of California. He began his writing career in earnest at the age of 10 by winning a county-wide short-story contest, and hasn't let up since. He graduated from Vassar College with an A.B. in English, and from the University of Southern California's Master of Professional Writing program with an M.F.A.
He is the author of more than a dozen novels including seven featuring bodyguard Atticus Kodiak. Additionally, he has penned several short-stories, countless comics, and the occasional non-fiction essay. In comics, he has had the opportunity to write stories featuring some of the world's best-known charactersSuperman, Batman, and Wonder Womanas well as penning several creator-owned properties ...
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