For many long years, Atlee Pine was tormented by uncertainty after her twin sister, Mercy, was abducted at the age of six and never seen again. Now, just as Atlee is pressured to end her investigation into Mercy's disappearance, she finally gets her most promising breakthrough yet: the identity of her sister's kidnapper, Ito Vincenzo. With time running out, Atlee and her assistant Carol Blum race to Vincenzo's last known location in Trenton, New Jersey--and unknowingly stumble straight into John Puller's case, blowing his arrest during a drug ring investigation involving a military installation. Stunningly, Pine and Puller's joint investigation uncovers a connection between Vincenzo's family and a breathtaking scheme that strikes at the very heart of global democracy. Peeling back the layers of deceit, lies and cover-ups, Atlee finally discovers the truth about what happened to Mercy. And that truth will shock Pine to her very core.

"FBI Agent Atlee Pine's search for her sister Mercy clashes with military investigator John Puller's high-stakes case, leading them both deep into a global conspiracy -- from which neither of them will escape unscathed."--

Atlee Pine's twin sister, Mercy, was abducted at the age of six and never seen again. Now, Atlee finally learns the identity of her sister's kidnapper and discovers the truth about what happened to Mercy.

"FBI Agent Atlee Pine's search for her sister Mercy clashes with military investigator John Puller's high-stakes case, leading them both deep into a global conspiracy -- from which neither of them will escape unscathed"--

For many long years, Atlee Pine was tormented by uncertainty after her twin sister, Mercy, was abducted at the age of six and never seen again. Now, just as Atlee is pressured to end her investigation into Mercy's disappearance, she finally gets her most promising breakthrough yet: the identity of her sister's kidnapper, Ito Vincenzo. With time running out, Atlee and her assistant Carol Blum race to Vincenzo's last known location in Trenton, New Jersey -- and unknowingly stumble straight into John Puller's case, blowing his arrest during a drug ring investigation involving a military installation. Stunningly, Pine and Puller's joint investigation uncovers a connection between Vincenzo's family and a breathtaking scheme that strikes at the very heart of global democracy. Peeling back the layers of deceit, lies and cover-ups, Atlee finally discovers the truth about what happened to Mercy. And that truth will shock Pine to her very core.

The #1 New York Times bestselling author with 150 million copies sold worldwide returns with his next blockbuster thriller. In David Baldacci's #1 New York Times bestselling series, FBI Agent Atlee Pine's search for her sister Mercy clashes with John Puller's high-stakes investigation, leading them both deep into the perilous world of organized crime -- a world neither of them will escape from unscathed.

"V pami͡ati u Ėtli Paĭn, slovno stalʹnai͡a zanoza, zaselo vospominanie: eĭ shestʹ let, i vtorgshiĭsi͡a v ikh dom muzhchina vybiraet s pomoshchʹi͡u detskoĭ schitalki mezhdu neĭ i sestroĭ-bliznet͡som Mersi. Ostanavlivaetsi͡a na Mersi i unosit ee s soboĭ. Bolʹshe Ėtli nikogda ne videla sestrenku... Spusti͡a tridt͡satʹ let spet͡sagent FBR Paĭn, prilozhiv neimovernye usilii͡a, smogla vychislitʹ pokhititeli͡a - nekoego Ito Vinchent͡so. Kotoryĭ, vprochem, davno ischez, ne ostaviv sledov. Chtoby naĭti khotʹ kakui͡u-to nitochku, ona otpravli͡aetsi͡a tuda, gde ego videli posledniĭ raz, v Nʹi͡u-Dzhersi. V dom, gde zhivet vnuk Vinchent͡so, Toni. Ėtli sobiraetsi͡a prosto pogovoritʹ s nim, odnako Toni, edva uslyshav stuk v dverʹ i golos zhenshchiny, sbegaet. Paĭn brosaetsi͡a v pogoni͡u i, otchai͡avshisʹ dognatʹ gonimogo dikim strakhom..." --Labirint.ru.