Behind the well-known U.S. security organizationsâ€” the FBI and CIA among themâ€”lies a heavily guarded, anonymous government agency dedicated to intelligence surveillance and to a

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Behind the well-known U.S. security organizationsâ€” the FBI and CIA among themâ€”lies a heavily guarded, anonymous government agency dedicated to intelligence surveillance and to a highly specialized brand of citizen protection.

Shock waves of alarm ripple through the clandestine agency when Washington, D.C., police detective Ryan Kessler inexplicably becomes the target of Henry Loving, a seasoned, ruthless â€œlifterâ€ hired to obtain information using whatever means necessary. While Loving is deft at torture, his expertise lies in getting an â€œedgeâ€ on his victimâ€”leverageâ€”usually by kidnapping or threatening family until the â€œprimaryâ€ caves under pressure.

The job of keeping the Kessler family alive falls to a man named Corte, a senior federal protection officer known as a â€œshepherd.â€ Uncompromising, relentlessly devoted to protecting those in his care and a passionate board game aficionado, he applies brilliant gaming strategy to his work. For Corte, the reappearance of Lovingâ€”the man who, six years earlier, had tortured and killed someone close to himâ€”is also an opportunity to avenge his friendâ€™s death. The assignment soon escalates into a fast-paced duel between Corte and Loving, a dangerous volley of wits and calculated risks.

As he shepherds the Kesslers to a concealed safe house, Corte must anticipate Lovingâ€™s every step as the lifter moves in on his prey, and with the help of razor-sharp investigator Claire DuBois and his longtime ally, FBI agent Paul Fredericks, pinpoint which of Kesslerâ€™s seemingly insignificant cases has triggered Lovingâ€™s return. As the team digs deeper, each of the Kesslers comes under close scrutiny, and in captivity their family bonds are stretched to the breaking pointâ€”as the lifter draws near, Corte must ultimately choose between protecting his charges and exposing them to a killer in the name of long-awaited revenge.
Country USA
Brand Pocket Books
Manufacturer Pocket Books
Binding Mass Market Paperback
ReleaseDate 2011-07-26
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781439156360

Country	USA
Brand	Pocket Books
Manufacturer	Pocket Books
Binding	Mass Market Paperback
ReleaseDate	2011-07-26
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781439156360

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