In #1 Amazon bestselling author J.T. Brannan’s explosive new action thriller, witness a younger Mark Cole take on his first assignment as the formidable government assassin known only as ‘The Asset’, in a novel set many years before the events of the international bestseller Stop At Nothing.
19th July 2009 – a series of hotel bombings rocks the teeming Indonesian city of Jakarta, attacks which are quickly linked to the terrorist group Jamaah Islamiyah.
17th September 2009 – the men responsible are reported killed after a police raid on a house in Central Java. But, unknown to the world press, the men are already dead when the police arrive at the scene.
Mark Cole – codename The Asset – is a covert, deniable US operative, the spearhead of America’s counterterrorism efforts, ordered to target the killers before the Indonesian authorities; but what he discovers leads to information about another attack, one far larger than 9/11 and which threatens to transform the world entirely.
Charged with investigating the lead, Cole must use all his resources to find out the details and put a stop to what would be the most horrific terrorist atrocity in history. In a race against time, Cole must deal with fanatical terrorists, government informers and trained killers as he puts everything on the line to stop the coming attack, and save an entire city from complete annihilation.
The Asset is the thrilling new novel in the bestselling Mark Cole series – and the first of a new set of stories about his early career as a deniable operative, the tip of the US government’s spear in its ongoing War on Terror – and is an action-packed thrill-ride that cannot be missed!Praise for J.T. Brannan -
"What an absorbing, rollercoaster of a read." - Elly Griffiths, winner of the Edgar Award for The Crossing Places
"Origin is a thrill-a-minute ride of a book." - Simon Toyne, bestselling author of the Sanctus trilogy
"Origin is a truly original novel, seamlessly meshing a modern high-tech chase thriller, stuffed full of guns and gadgets, with elements of ancient history to produce a book that’s both thought-provoking and relentlessly exciting." - James Becker, bestselling author of The First Apostle
"Smart, sophisticated and thrilling, Origin drags you in and makes you hold your breath right to the last lung bursting page." - Sam Christer, bestselling author of The Stonehenge Legacy and The Turin Shroud
Genre: Thriller
19th July 2009 – a series of hotel bombings rocks the teeming Indonesian city of Jakarta, attacks which are quickly linked to the terrorist group Jamaah Islamiyah.
17th September 2009 – the men responsible are reported killed after a police raid on a house in Central Java. But, unknown to the world press, the men are already dead when the police arrive at the scene.
Mark Cole – codename The Asset – is a covert, deniable US operative, the spearhead of America’s counterterrorism efforts, ordered to target the killers before the Indonesian authorities; but what he discovers leads to information about another attack, one far larger than 9/11 and which threatens to transform the world entirely.
Charged with investigating the lead, Cole must use all his resources to find out the details and put a stop to what would be the most horrific terrorist atrocity in history. In a race against time, Cole must deal with fanatical terrorists, government informers and trained killers as he puts everything on the line to stop the coming attack, and save an entire city from complete annihilation.
The Asset is the thrilling new novel in the bestselling Mark Cole series – and the first of a new set of stories about his early career as a deniable operative, the tip of the US government’s spear in its ongoing War on Terror – and is an action-packed thrill-ride that cannot be missed!Praise for J.T. Brannan -
"What an absorbing, rollercoaster of a read." - Elly Griffiths, winner of the Edgar Award for The Crossing Places
"Origin is a thrill-a-minute ride of a book." - Simon Toyne, bestselling author of the Sanctus trilogy
"Origin is a truly original novel, seamlessly meshing a modern high-tech chase thriller, stuffed full of guns and gadgets, with elements of ancient history to produce a book that’s both thought-provoking and relentlessly exciting." - James Becker, bestselling author of The First Apostle
"Smart, sophisticated and thrilling, Origin drags you in and makes you hold your breath right to the last lung bursting page." - Sam Christer, bestselling author of The Stonehenge Legacy and The Turin Shroud
Genre: Thriller
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