“And what about us?” Rachel asked.
“Will you … ?”
“What?”
“Will you marry me?”
“Jesus, Savage, I'm already married, and the bastard's chasing me.”
“Trust me. We don't need a legal ceremony. Just a private one. You and me.”
“Right now?”
“Damned right.” He kissed her. “I promise to love, to honor and cherish you.”
“Sounds wonderful.”
“And a final promise.” He kissed her again.
“What's that?”
“To protect.”
“FAST-PACED … EXCITING AND HARD-HITTING.”
—Nelson DeMille, author of The Lion's Game
From David Morrell, the bestselling author of First Blood, Assumed Identity, Extreme Denial, and Burnt Sienna, comes a spectacular thriller that takes the reader beyond the limits of suspense…
TWO MASTERS OF PROTECTION. ONE DESPERATE MISSION.
Savage is a former Navy SEAL and a state-of-the-art security specialist. Teaming up with him is Akira, Japan's most brilliant executive protector and a samurai master. Their mission: to rescue Rachel Stone, a beautiful American woman who faces destruction at the hands of her ruthless billionaire husband. Savage and Akira quickly realize they are trapped in a mission more far-reaching than saving one woman. For they are bound to each other by a set of horrifying memories, a terrifying past that never happened. And only together can they confront the nightmare. Yet when they do, an even more chilling scenario awaits them—one with the power to shatter not only their world but ours as well.
THE FIFTH PROFESSION
“A THRILLER FAN'S DREAM…EXCITING, INVOLVING, THOUGHT-PROVOKING.”
—Stephen King
“A MIND-BLOWING TALE OF INTRIGUE…FIRST CLASS.”
—Associated Press
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