“Soon the three fishing trawlers loomed larger on the horizon. Stranded for decades, their hulls were copper-red with rust. The two closest boats were side by side, with the nearest angled at sixty degrees to the horizon. The trawlers must once have been loved, providers of food and a livelihood. No one had loved them for at least a generation. Pierce sensed their drive would end here. The men would shoot him and hide his body in a hull. He had to act in the coming minutes or die. The problem was Erasyl. The former soldier watched Pierce like a hungry bird of prey, expecting Pierce to fight for his life when he came for him.”
Capsule Summary:
Framed as a nuclear terrorist and left for dead, CIA operator Mark Pierce claw-hunts his way from the dried Aral Sea to Baku, uncovering a conspiracy led by his own spymaster. With a deceptive ally at his side and mercenaries closing in, Pierce steals the enemy’s money, turns their plot inward, and takes the fight to Cape Town.
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Locations:
Congo basin rainforests (Central African Republic), Aral Sea (Kazakhstan), Baku (Azerbaijan), Cape Town (South Africa), Diamond mining ship in Atlantic Ocean (Angola).
Allies:
- Rachel Zang — paramilitary operations officer (CIA)
- Mackenzie Summerfield — CIA case officer/handler (CIA)
- Derek Kiambi — coerced camp medic (Anti-Balaka camp)
- Valeriya and Yebin Radanovich — cyber hackers (independent)
Villains:
- Idris Walsh — CIA spymaster, head of Trigger Man task force (CIA)
- Alex Trager — former SASR sergeant and mercenary (Walsh’s team)
- Captain Daniel Eloko — Anti-Balaka warlord (paramilitary)
- Rupert Ponsonby — executive heir (Polytope Diamonds)
Major Action Sequences:
Rusted trawler escape in Aral Sea, Kazakhstan oil-field fire wall, Bayanga urban warfare in Central African Republic, Paramilitary assault on diamond mining ship in Atlantic Ocean.
Aiden Bailey 