Liars' Legacy
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Beschreibung des Verlags
They were born in the shadows. Schooled in espionage. Taught to kill and trained to disappear. In this captivating masterwork from bestselling author Taylor Stevens, elusive twins Jack and Jill take the global spy game to electric levels.
The assassin broker is dead. The power void has left the network he controlled without restraints, and the world’s deadliest killers free to pursue their own vendettas and political agendas. The United States government, unwilling to risk upheaval and global chaos, has mobilized killers of its own to preemptively hunt down and destroy each potential threat.
Among the most dangerous on that list are Jack and Jill.
Often estranged—always connected by a legacy they can’t escape—the siblings have eluded many who want them dead. As they board a flight to Berlin hoping to meet the father they’ve never known, they suspect a trap. What they can’t predict is how far a high-level Russian operation will go to secure their skills, or how hard the U.S. operatives sent to stop them will fight to assassinate them first.
For the twins, resistance and cooperation both mean death.
Caught between two superpowers with unlimited resources and unable to trust each other, brother and sister will match wit against skill in a life-threatening chase across Europe, back to the United States, and into an unholy alliance that could change the balance of global power forever.
Filled with pulse-pounding tension, blistering action, and intense human drama, Liars’ Legacy is world-class intrigue at its best.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Bestseller Stevens's taut and twisty sequel to 2018's Liars' Paradox, which introduced sibling assassins Jack and Jill, blends cutting-edge surveillance technology with traditional spycraft. The immersive, globe-trotting narrative opens with rival kill teams from the U.S. and Russia stalking enigmatic operative Christopher Holden, who's flying from Dallas to Frankfurt, Germany. The alternating points of view require attentive reading as the characters often switch their names, nationalities, and allegiances. Midway, the numerous double-crosses and master disguises grow a bit tedious. Stevens wisely chooses to unite Jack and Jill with Holden, who yearns for a closer relationship with them for unclear reasons. Holden, who trades in information, promises to help the twins identify their absent father and determine whether their mother, Clare, faked her death months earlier. All roads lead back to a political assassination plot and an open-ended climax, setting the groundwork for a third outing. Jason Bourne aficionados will find much to like, and those familiar with the events in Liars' Paradox will have a distinct advantage over newcomers.
