Jon Reznick is a ghost: a black-ops specialist who takes his orders from shadowy handlers, and his salary from the US government. Still mourning the loss of his beloved wife on 9/11, he s dispatched to carry out a high-level hit. Reznick knows only that it must look like suicide. It s textbook.

But the target is not the man Reznick expected. The whole setup is wrong. In an instant the operation is compromised, and Reznick is on the run with the man he was sent to kill. A man wanted by the FBI, and by a mysterious terrorist organization hell-bent on bringing the United States to its...

A senior American security adviser is missing, presumed kidnapped for his top-level military intelligence. FBI Assistant Director Martha Meyerstein needs to track him down before classified information gets into the wrong hands. She needs Jon Reznick on board.

The former black-ops assassin is supposed to be on vacation with his daughter, but when Meyerstein calls, it doesn t pay to keep her waiting. Her elite team is convinced that the missing diplomat s expertise in the Persian Gulf points to an Iranian terrorist cell, but Reznick isn t so sure. His gut instinct tells him they re...