John Knox and Grace Chu, the incomparable duo of the Risk Agent
novels, team up again in the latest international thrill ride from New
York Times bestselling author Ridley Pearson.
When ex-military contractor John Knox receives a text from partner Grace
Chu warning that she fears her cover may have been blown while on
assignment, he jumps into action. Knox must locate her overseas
handlers, convince them of the threat, and then attempt to retrace the
well-hidden steps of a woman who had been attempting to determine how
one million euros' worth of AIDS vaccine disappeared, all while eluding
angry poachers on a parallel trail.
Corruption isn't a "problem" in Kenya, it's the way of doing business.
The poaching of ivory from African elephants, driven by insatiable
demand from mainland China, fuels constant blood and slaughter. Knox
faces police, national rangers, journalists, and safari companies who
are each in their own symbiotic relationship with elephants, both good
and bad. As the threat from Al-Shaabab militants interferes with his
pursuit of Grace, Knox finds himself pitted against the most savage and
suicidal fighters in the world. And there's this woman, Grace, always in
his head. His gut. As Grace watches as her civilized self slips away
while abandoned in the bush, Knox races against the clock to find her.
