Finally settling into a peaceful life after more than a decade on the
deadly front lines of the war on terror, Ryan Kealey believes he's put
danger behind him -- and some of his demons to rest. But his calm is
shattered when he's swept into a highly organized and merciless terror
attack during a charity gala in downtown Baltimore. Dozens are dead and
critically injured, including the wife of CIA Deputy Director John
Harper, whose investigation of the ambush is hampered by suspicion that
one or more intelligence agencies has been compromised. With normal
channels obstructed, Harper turns to Kealey, the one man with the
resources, expertise -- and freedom from government interference -- to
pursue the awful truth. Following a string of secrets and violence,
Kealey blazes a trail from the confines of the innermost chambers of
government and big business to the dimmest reaches of the human psyche,
forced to match wits with a new nemesis aided by new allies, each with
his or her own agenda. Slowly, Kealey unspools an unimaginable
conspiracy that suggests America may in fact be its own worst enemy.
With page after page of unrelenting action and explosive revelations,
The Operative blends political deception and global intrigue at their
highest levels with covert psychological manipulations at their deepest
and most devastating.
