by Brad Thor
First published 2026
Hemisphere Airlines Flight 777 plunges from the sky over the North Pole, its advanced systems destroyed by sabotage. CIA operative Kasey Sheridan crawls from the wreckage into a frozen wasteland where survival means more than finding shelter from the bitter cold. Hidden in the debris lies a prototype technology that could shift the balance of global power. Washington, Moscow, and Beijing dispatch teams to claim it. Sheridan partners with Brett Sharpe, a former fighter pilot serving as first officer, to protect both the device and its creator. Enemy forces close in as they trek across the ice toward safety. The Arctic transforms into a battleground where three superpowers collide. Sheridan must outrun trained killers while the temperature plummets and time runs out. The frozen wasteland becomes the stage where the fate of nations will be decided.
Genres: science-fiction, military-fiction, adventure, action, espionage, political-thriller
Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family, race-against-time
Setting: Arctic, North Pole, Washington
Period: 21st-century
339 pages · Hardcover · Atria/Emily Bestler Books