Part of Eve Duncan, book 6
First published 2006
Jane MacGuire barely survives a brutal attack that changes everything. The attackers want her alive, but she doesn't know why. Someone is hunting her, willing to kill anyone who gets in the way. Jane refuses help from the police, the FBI, or her adoptive parents Eve Duncan and Joe Quinn. She knows the danger will spread to everyone she loves. Jane goes on the run with Mark Trevor, a smuggler and con man with his own hidden agenda. Trevor claims he wants to protect her, but Jane can't trust his motives. The people chasing her are obsessed with a two thousand year old mystery connected to one of history's greatest archaeological discoveries. Jane grew up as an orphan before Eve and Joe gave her a new life and family. Now someone wants to destroy that future before it begins. The countdown to zero has started, and time is running out faster than anyone realizes.
Genres: adventure, mystery, thriller, action
Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: Africa
Period: 21st Century
528 pages · Paperback · Bantam
Content warnings: violence