As head of California's task force on narcotics and organized crime,
Brock Andrews has earned his reputation as a tough, no-nonsense law
enforcement agent. With his hardball tactics and skillful handling of
informants, his team has successfully brought down some of the country's
most violent and powerful criminals. But it's Brock's superior who's
about to become his greatest adversary. Her name: Alison Andrews, First
Assistant United States Attorney . . . and Brock's wife.
Publicly, Alison and Brock Andrews are a dynamic power couple at the
pinnacle of federal law enforcement. Privately, their marriage is on the
rocks. And the growing tension between them has only worsened with
Alison's release of Edward Nelson, the disgraced CIA employee and
international arms dealer Brock arrested months earlier in the biggest
bust of his career. What Brock doesn't know is that Alison has recruited
Nelson as her most important undercover operator in a plot to ensnare a
ring of domestic terrorists smuggling arms overseas. Nelson, a master
manipulator skilled at deadly games, has a plan of his own--to turn
Alison's undercover operation inside out, unleash a secret army of
heavily armed militiamen, and target Washington's high-powered political
arena for a terrorist act of unparalleled proportions.
Nelson is once again number one on Brock's most wanted list. But with
Alison protecting him from arrest, the only way to get to him is through
an informant Brock has taken into custody. And while crucial information
from this secret source helps Brock put together the pieces of Nelson's
insidious plan, it lays open more questions--and even more disturbing
possibilities, including Alison's complicity in criminal activity. Soon,
Brock finds himself deep in a morass of shifting loyalties, outright
betrayals, and hidden agendas that leave him running out of trust--and
time. One thing is certain. Each hour matters, as Brock sets a dramatic
trap to capture Nelson . . . and stop a terrifying attack on the heart
of the nation. But first, he has to uncover the most dangerous truth of
all . . .
