SummaryEthan Decker is a specialized "Hunter" for the most
secretive agency of the U.S. government, working deep
undercover to track down and capture ruthless
international mercenaries and fugitives. But when a daring
mission takes a lethal turn, a renegade assassin kills
Decker's young son in retribution. Forced to leave his
devastated, unsuspecting wife, Sydney, to save her from
the madman's threats, Decker exiles himself to the New
Mexican desert to live in a jail of his own guilt and
grief.
The day starts like any other in the desert: scorching,
cloudless. But then, like a mirage, a car appears on the
horizon. Inside is Anna Kelsey, a former member of
Decker's covert team, a woman Decker presumed dead in the
hell following that ill-fated mission three years ago.
But she survived—and now she shepherds two children,
entrusting them to Decker's protection. Before he can
protest, Anna is screeching away in a cloud of dust.
Now Decker is reeling from the sudden turn of
events—and the shocking sight of Anna's body not far
down the road from where she left his trailer and the
kids. The Spanish coin under her tongue is a mark Decker
hoped never to see again . . . the signature of the
assassin Ramirez.
Suddenly the race is on: to reach his ex-wife before
Ramirez finds her, and to unlock the mystery behind these
two children and why Anna died to give them refuge. But
for Decker, Sydney's trust is not his to have any longer,
and the children are pawns in a dark conspiracy so vast
and so evil that even this former spy could not imagine
the peril and terror that lies directly in his path.
As Decker fights to protect the innocent and struggles to
restore a shattered relationship that seems beyond repair,
Patricia Lewin takes us on a thrilling ride full of whip-
snap action, deadly turns and almost unbearable suspense. Additional InformationFirst Time in Paperback
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