The #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Gabriel Allon
series presents the second thriller featuring former CIA Agent Michael
Osbourne, following The Mark of the Assassin.
When the Good Friday peace accords are shattered with three savage acts
of terrorism, Northern Ireland is blown back into the depths of
conflict. And after his father-in-law is nominated to become the new
American ambassador to London, retired CIA agent Michael Osbourne is
drawn back into the game. He soon discovers that his father-in-law is
marked for execution. And that he himself is once again in the
crosshairs of a killer known only as October, one of the most merciless
assassins the world has ever known...