内容简介:The head of Egypt's State Internal Security is brutally murdered in a Cairo café his assailant a faceless killer known only as "the Palestinian." It is the opening move in a chilling game of terror that has caught the international intelligence community completely off-guard, and the CIA turns to the one man they believe can get to the twisted roots of a looming nightmare shrouded in mystery: a former Company operative code-named Scorpion.
The breakneck hunt for a mastermind is leading Scorpion from the Middle East to the dangerous underworld of the capitals of Europe. With the fate of the free world in the hands of two well- matched adversaries there is no margin for error. But a shocking truth has been kept from the determined manhunter . . . and beauty will blind him to the ultimate betrayal.
作者简介:ANDREW KAPLAN is an American author, best known for his spy thriller novels. He worked as a freelance journalist and war correspondent for the International Herald Tribune in Paris, covering events around the world. He served in both the U.S. Army and the Israeli Army during the Six Day War of 1967.
He is the author of four international bestselling novels: Hour of the Assassins, Scorpion, Dragonfire, and War of the Raven. His film writing career includes the James Bond classic GoldenEye.
The breakneck hunt for a mastermind is leading Scorpion from the Middle East to the dangerous underworld of the capitals of Europe. With the fate of the free world in the hands of two well- matched adversaries there is no margin for error. But a shocking truth has been kept from the determined manhunter . . . and beauty will blind him to the ultimate betrayal.
He is the author of four international bestselling novels: Hour of the Assassins, Scorpion, Dragonfire, and War of the Raven. His film writing career includes the James Bond classic GoldenEye.