
<b><b>#1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author Brad Thor thrills with his new summer blockbuster starring Scot Harvath.</b></b><br /><br /><b>A devastating series of bombings tears through Bangkok. Scores of American citizens are dead. The attacks send shock waves around the world.</b><br /><br />As global assistance pours into Thailand—including the FBI’s famed Evidence Response Team—the president of the United States quietly prepares a plan B: Scot Harvath, America’s top spy, trained to operate outside the law and probe the dark corners others can’t…or won’t.<br /><br />But the bomber Harvath is pursuing isn’t a terrorist. He’s something far more dangerous—one of ours.<br /><br />Meanwhile, in Washington, a former United States Marine is being hunted—and he has no idea why. Desperate for answers, he turns to the one person he still trusts—his ex-fiancée, a rising star in the White House. The problem is, she isn’t sure she can trust him.<br /><br />As Harvath closes in on the bomber, a devastating truth begins to emerge. China has quietly deployed its most elite intelligence unit to Thailand. Their objective: to ignite chaos, trigger a military coup, and seize control of a narrow but critical piece of land, one that could give Beijing a decisive advantage.<br /><br />If the plan succeeds, Beijing will secure a key gateway between two oceans, eroding American naval dominance and tipping the balance in any war between the world’s great powers.<br /><br />China will control the ultimate geopolitical choke point.