A powerful defense contractor, a reluctant intelligence agent, and an ambitious journalist race to contain and control an international crisis that could destroy the world in this #1 New York Times bestselling thriller. "Dick, I need a war." Nicolas Creel is a man on a mission. He heads up the world's largest defense contractor, The Ares Corporation. Dick Pender is the man Creel retains to "perception manage" his company to even more riches by manipulating international conflicts. But Creel may have an even grander plan in mind. Shaw, a man with no first name and a truly unique past, has a different agenda. Reluctantly doing the bidding of a secret multi-national intelligence agency, he travels the globe to keep it safe and at peace. Desperate to get back to the top of her profession, Katie James gets the break of a lifetime: the chance to interview the sole survivor of a massacre that has left every nation stunned. In David Baldacci's first international thriller, these characters face a catastrophic threat that could change the world as we know it.
A. Shaw Serie
Questa serie segue un team clandestino, autorizzato dal governo, di agenti altamente addestrati e motivati. La loro missione: scovare i criminali e i 'mostri' più famigerati del mondo. I lettori possono aspettarsi un'emozionante miscela di azione ad alta intensità, indagini piene di suspense e incontri soprannaturali. È un'esplorazione avvincente della lotta contro l'oscurità, sia umana che ultraterrena.
Ordine di lettura consigliato
In South America a wealthy ninety-six year old man reads a book late into the night. Within an hour, he is dead, leaving a trail of secrets behind him. Six months later, in Provence, Shaw from 'The Whole Truth' witnesses the murder of a mysterious man, his body left lifeless at the bottom of a pool. Shaw barely escapes the incident himself; and with a new partner of sorts in tow, begins to realise that there has to be another organization at work that rivals his own in secrecy. At the same time, half a world away, journalist Katie James is working on a new story. But shortly after meeting with a potential inside source she's unconscious and on a plane to an unknown destination. As Baldacci pulls the reader around the world at a blinding pace, the new Shaw and Katie James chronicle will leave readers' hearts pounding; and wondering if anyone is actually safe anymore...