Synopses & Reviews
How far will collateral damage from a CIA drone strike reach?
When a suicide bomber shatters the peace of a winter afternoon on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., former pilot and undercover Cerberus operative Nick Baron receives an eerie invitation from the chess app on his phonea mysterious figure named The Emissary wants to play.
Nick and his covert unitthe Triple Seven Chase teamsoon find themselves drawn into battle against an unknown opponent who has resurrected an ancient order of assassins: the legendary Hashashin. And there is a long-awaited prophecy being fulfilled by a series of violent attacks which may culminate in a final apocalypse over Jerusalem.
As the Triple Seven fight to stop each attack, Nick tries to keep The Emissary on the hook by playing their digital chess game. The lines between the game and the fight begin to blur, as every time Nick loses a piece on the board, he loses one of his men. And if Nick cannot find a way to stop the terrorist mastermind, a checkmate may kill millions
Review
“Get out of the way, Nelson DeMille. Brad Thor—youve got competition!” —Raymond Benson
“A riveting journey into todays U.S. military and CIA…As authentic as it gets.”—Gayle Lynds, New York Times Bestselling Author
“Hannibal has a flair for the gutsy, the lost, and the fanatical. Its a wild, wicked ride.”—Steve Berry
Synopsis
Air Force major Nick Baron and his Triple Seven Chase team have just been handed a mission that is an absolute must-succeed. An American operativelong thought dead and memorialized in the CIAs highly classified Book of Honorhas just sent a desperate call for help from deep in the Chinese wilderness. There is only one plane for such a dangerous mission: the Shadow Catchera smaller, even less detectable version of a stealth plane. Only Nick and his team will be on board when the plane goes into action.
But what Baron and his men dont know is that an enemy is already among themand that the Shadow Catcher itself may be the ultimate prize
About the Author
James R. Hannibal (Lt Col, USAF Reserve) is a graduate of the US Air Force Academy who has flown the A-10 Warthog, the MQ-1 Predator drone, and the top secret B-2 Stealth Bomber, totaling over a thousand combat and combat support hours. He is the author of Shadow Maker, and regularly reviews terrorism-related non-fiction for the New York Journal of Books.