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Nate Lovejoy is a self-proclaimed nobody, a stay-at-home dad who doesn’t believe he’s important to anyone but his wife and their two daughters. So it’s a shock when members of a powerful secret society kidnap and spirit Nate away to a mansion at the behest of their leader, Vanslow DeGange, who claims to know the future. He’s foreseen that a billion people could die - unless Nate acts. It seems improbable, especially given what DeGange says will set this mass casualty incident in motion: a lawsuit against the biggest power company in Virginia, being brought by Nate’s wife.

Den prisvindende amerikanske forfatter Brad Parks står bag denne spændende fortælling fuld af fart, forundring og forræderi, som vil fængsle læseren fra første til sidste side. Skuespilleren Tommy Jump har svært ved at finde arbejde på teatrene, da FBI pludselig kontakter ham om hans livs rolle: at gå undercover som indsat forbryder i et fængsel, hvor han skal gøre sig gode venner med den kriminelle bankmand Mitchell Dupree. Finansmanden ved nemlig, hvor FBI kan finde papirer, som kan bruges til at stoppe et berygtet narkokartel.

At eight o'clock on a blustery, mid-January morning, Charles Bliss is summoned to the head of school's office at Carrington Academy. Charles, a teacher at the elite Connecticut boarding school, is surprised by the unusual request, but when he arrives, no time is wasted. Charles learns that he has been accused of engaging in a romantic relationship with a student. The student behind the accusation, Hayley Goodloe, is the daughter of a state senator, the granddaughter of an ex-governor, and an heiress to a massive fortune.