Book description
Reformed from his days of assassination and international conspiracy,
Paul Janson has a new mission and a new partner. Working with kickass
sharpshooter Jessica Kincaid, he helps other disenchanted covert
operatives to be rehabilitated and create new lives. He also accepts
independent jobs, but only missions he believes will contribute to the
greater good. Janson takes the job to rescue a doctor who has been
kidnapped by West African rebels during an ambush of an American oil
service boat. At first, it appears that the doctor's life was spared in
order to treat the rebels' wounded leader Ferdinand Poe, a beacon of
hope against a cruel dictator. But when the mission goes haywire, Janson
realizes he's in the middle of something much bigger. The puppet
dictator has anonymous backers with designs on the oil reserves of this
struggling nation - and Janson may find he's been fighting for the wrong
side the whole time. After a successful career in the theatre, Robert
Ludlum launched his career as a best-selling writer with THE SCARLATTI
INHERITANCE in 1971, the first of twenty-two consecutive international
bestsellers. Robert sadly passed away in March 2001. PAUL GARRISON is
the author of the critically acclaimed thrillers FIRE AND ICE, RED SKY
AT MORNING, BURIED AT SEA, SEA HUNTER, and THE RIPPLE EFFECT. Raised on
the stories of his grandfather who wandered the South Seas in the last
of the square-rigged copra-trading vessels, he has worked with boats,
tugs, and ships. He is currently writing the next novel in the new Paul
Janson series.
