Rucka, Greg

"In Rucka's adrenaline-filled seventh novel to feature ex-bodyguard Atticus Kodika (after Patriot Acts), Atticus and his ex-assassin lover, Alena Cizkova, are living under assumed names in the remote town of Kobuleti in the Republic of Georgia. When the family of their next-door neighbor, Bakhar Lagidze, is slaughtered and Bakhar's 14-year-old daughter, Tiasa, is kidnapped, Atticus vows to do anything to get her back. After discovering Tiasa was sold to pay off her father's debt, Atticus reluctantly immerses himself in the seedy world of human trafficking, which takes him across Eastern Europe to Nevada, with stops in Dubai and Amsterdam along the way. When the men he's chasing target Alena for retribution, she too goes on the run, with help from an unlikely source: hard-nosed New York PI-and Atticus's ex-lover-Bridgett Logan, last seen in Critical Space. Series fans who have come to expect a nonstop thrill ride with a topical angle won't be disappointed." --

Publishers Weekly

Compelling antihero Atticus Kodiak returns in a blistering crime blockbuster from the author who has patented a Swiss watch of a thriller, well-machined, precise and inexorable. Atticus and his lover, the former assassin Alena, are still living under the radar in Georgia by the Black Sea. The brutal slaying of his neighbor's family and disappearance of the 14-year-old daughter send Atticus on a violent quest into Turkey and Dubai while Bridget (remember her, she's fabulous) reappears in an interesting nanny role that embraces her Irish connections. At the core of the story is a plague that wrings your heart so while this is a high-action, high-body-count book, it's written with anger and heart by the very talented Rucka who is also well known in the comics community.

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