Shadow
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4.4 • 5 Ratings
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Publisher Description
New York Times bestselling author James Swallow's The Marc Dane series continues with Shadow
A ruthless far-right terrorist has broken out of captivity.
A mysterious bio-scientist with a terrible secret is abducted.
A lethal virus threatens millions of lives across Europe and the Middle East.
Ex-MI6 officer Marc Dane and his partner, Lucy Keyes, are bound together in a desperate search for the sinister organization plotting the release of a deadly virus on the world. In their frantic race against time, Dane and Keyes will be tested more than ever before as they seem to find themselves one step behind at every turn. It will take everything they have to expose the evil forces lurking in the shadows and put a stop to this unstoppable pathogen … and even everything might not be enough.
What price would you pay to stop a global catastrophe?
At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In bestseller Swallow's formulaic, overly complex fourth Marc Dane thriller (after 2020's Ghost), the "ex-MI6 field agent turned private security specialist" partners with Lucy Keyes, a former Delta Force recon sniper. Both Marc and Lucy work for enigmatic billionaire Ekko Solomon, the CEO of the Rubicon Group, which Solomon has made "an exemplar of ethical capitalism." The trouble begins when the Rubicon board of directors accuses Solomon of not keeping in check the company's clandestine band of vigilante-mercenaries, which includes Marc and Lucy. Meanwhile, the Combine, a cabal of rich white men, has broken Noah Verbeke out of custody from the Belgian Federal Police, and Verbeke, whose skin is covered with tattoos of "fascist iconography of all kinds," has retaken his place as the leader of a far-right racial-supremacist group. In addition, the Combine is just days away from launching a deadly virus against the world. Uncertainty about whether Marc and Lucy's relationship is strictly business or something more adds some romantic tension. Stock characters, off-the-shelf plot devices, and constant references to past books put this one solidly in the middle of a very large playing field. Series fans, though, should be satisfied.
