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James Rollins presents a collection of twelve stories that dig a little deeper into his creative stomping grounds and open vistas into new landscapes and characters.

One of the best and most effective warriors in the US military's top-secret Program, Eric Steele has been trained to take on lethal enemies, and no threat will deter him from avenging a fallen brother.

When mystery writer Lucy Harper's husband suddenly goes missing, his disappearance evokes dark memories that take Lucy back more than thirty years, to the day her brother vanished.

"Private spy" Simon Riske rushes to rescue an old friend thrown into a Bangkok jail, only to find himself a wanted man on the run in a foreign country, fleeing an international conspiracy.

In Munich, a renowned computer scientist dies. Then, his daughter vanishes. Both under mysterious circumstances. Kali Alcazar, a master hacker, wants to know why. But a group of mercenary assassins has been assembled with just one goal: to stop Kali from exposing a dark, world-changing secret at any cost. And they're not the only ones who are hunting Kali.

When a young woman embarks on what she thinks is the relationship of a lifetime, her new husband insists they follow one rule: they don't talk about the past. But it's a rule that has dangerous consequences.

A group of housemates must determine the killer among them when a series of murders occur. As the difference between friend and stranger becomes vaguer, the line between attraction and danger thins.

Investigative genealogist Amelia Crenshaw solves clients' genetic puzzles, while hers remain shrouded in mystery. Now she suspects that the key to her birth parents' identities lies in an unexpected connection to a stranger who's hired her to find his long-lost daughter. Bracing herself for a shocking truth, Amelia is blindsided by a deadly one.

Returning to DC, Tom Locke discovers that a civil war has fractured Apollo Outcomes, his former employer. A division has splintered off, led by an ambitious, unprincipled former colleague. But Apollo couldn't have pulled this off without help, which means there must be a traitor high up in either the White House or the NSA who is leaking information to Apollo.

A collection of stories that explores dark conspiracies and desperate human acts hiding in plain sight.