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Fans of Blake Crouch, Tananarive Due and Paul Tremblay won't want to miss this electrifying thriller, where family, power, and the relentless pursuit of justice collide in a world turned upside down.
DHS Special Agent Ruth Baker's life spirals into chaos when a subway hijacking reveals a cryptic countdown and chilling disappearances. Teaming up with Detective Rafiq Husain, who shares her unnerving experiences, they unearth a sinister conspiracy tied to a quantum virus named Vinash, engineered by Ruth's late husband, Ashwin.Summoned to the White House, Ruth uncovers the horrifying truth: Vinash has been twisted into a weapon by a shadowy cabal, aimed at certain sections of people. Their pursuit leads them to Boston, where they confront the virus’s dark evolution from a cure for memory disorders into a tool for population cleansing. With an AI version of Ashwin at her side, Ruth receives a quantum vaccine—a potential antidote that comes with catastrophic consequences.
As the vaccine warps her perception, Ruth is thrust into alternate realities, facing unimaginable losses, including the people closest to her. Racing against time and battling powerful enemies, Ruth’s investigation brings her back full circle to the heart of power in America. In a heart-stopping showdown at the White House, she confronts the masterminds behind the chaos and unleashes the vaccine's explosive power.
Culminating in a mind bending climax in which political ambition, genetic engineering and Artificial Intelligence collide to create an unimaginable future, Ruth’s journey reaches an unexpected but quite incredible destination. In a way, she comes to realise, she was always heading towards this end. It's not the future we ever expected but the future we deserve.
WHEN A HARLEM SCHOOLTEACHER TAKES A SUBWAY TRAIN FULL OF PASSENGERS HOSTAGE, SHE REFUSES TO TALK TO ANYONE BUT FEDERAL AGENT RUTH BAKER
“Once it starts, you’ll have a week.”“A week?”
“Before they Disappear you. Like they did the rest of us. Like they’re going to do me.”
This is getting really weird.
“You think I’m going to disappear too?”
The bittersweet smile returns. “Ruth, honey, what do you think I hauled you down here for? To chitchat?”
Gesturing at the hostages. “Why you think I took these poor folks hostage. Got myself this awful thing,” waving the handgun, “me, a person hates guns with a vengeance. Why you think I’ve got everyone here recording this whole thing on video? I want witnesses. I want the truth to come out. The world needs to know what they’re doing in this country. Disappearing folks like us!”
“And you think I’m one of those people they want to...Disappear?” I ask.
She exhales. “What’ve I been saying, girl? Pay heed!”
I feel like I’ve been corrected by my fifth grade teacher.
“It takes families, one by one. Starting with the oldest down to the youngest.”
“And I’m going to Disappear because...”
“You’re my daughter.”
I stare at the woman with a gun. I don't recall ever seeing her in my life before tonight. “You seem so sure.”
She smiles sadly, reaching out a hand to touch my cheek. I stay very still.
“Blood comes for blood.”
The stunning new dark thriller from the author of The Ambassador’s Daughter and the Susan Parker series.
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