';Deftly plotted and compellingly readable, Kerns takes his readers into the shadowy world of international terrorism ' (Sheldon Siegel, New York Timesbestselling author of Perfect Alibi). After a mission in Afghanistan leads to the death of a colleague, CIA agent Hayden Stone accepts what he thinks is a cushy assignment in the South of France. But on the Cte d'Azur, two terrorists, acting separately, attempt to murder him. Meanwhile, Stone meets an old love, a contessa, who he had seduced and abandoned years before. As Stone's love life heats up, he learns that a brutal Middle Eastern terrorist is in Provence to deliver a strain of the Ebola virus to major US cities. At the same time, the CIA and French intelligence have targeted a seriously ill al Qaeda functionary who is seeking medical attention in Nice. Caught up in a web of international intrigue, Stone finds himself on the front lines of the War on Terror. ';A modern thriller that echoes today's headlines. Populated with fascinating characters and tightly plotted with twists and turns that will keep you guessing until the end… [A] first-rate debut novel.' D.P. Lyle, Macavity Awardwinning author of the Jake Longly Series ';Arthur Kerns draws from a career in counterintelligence and counterterrorism to write nonstop action and create an irrepressible hero in Hayden Stone.' Kirk Russell, bestselling author of Gone Dark
