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 Séries
Cette série suit une équipe clandestine, approuvée par le gouvernement, d'agents hautement entraînés et motivés. Leur mission : traquer les criminels et les 'monstres' les plus notoires du monde. Les lecteurs peuvent s'attendre à un mélange palpitant d'action intense, d'enquêtes pleines de suspense et de rencontres surnaturelles. C'est une exploration captivante de la lutte contre les ténèbres, tant humaines qu'ultraterrestres.
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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...