The right and left are more divided than at any time since the 1930s. World economies are stumbling, and citizens of western democracies seem willing to trade personal freedoms for any measure of stability. It is a time for decisive leaders. Jean-Louis Moreau, recently defeated candidate for president of France, believes he is one of these. Another is the mastermind, Sweeney McAllister, a wealthy American industrialist.
In Moreau’s thinking, the last election was rigged. He will do almost anything to bring about an early retake and assume his rightful position. Dreyfus, his chief advisor, makes a deal with McAllister that will deliver the presidency and unprecedented executive powers to pull France back from the brink. McAllister makes an offer. The plan is bold and illegal, and it is a mere diversion by the American billionaire. He seeks a much bigger prize.
McAllister is ruthless, on this point even his co-conspirators agree, but his proposal to change the face of the American government will shock even them. He believes that money buys power, and more money, near sovereignty. He is about to put his theory to the test. To make it work, however, he needs to eliminate rivals on both sides of the Atlantic and overcome the resistance he knows will come from the American intelligence community.
Robert Chase is a legend at CIA headquarters at Langley. But to almost everyone he is also a dead man. Only a handful of career spies know he survived a deadly attack in Paris and is now the perfect dark asset. Samantha knows the entire story too. She was with him then and has become fiercely protective of her man. The Company wants him back in the game. Sam wants him out. Personal safety versus the good of a nation, perhaps the world; it’s not an easy call.