by Brad Taylor
Part of Pike Logan, book 19
First published 2025
Pike Logan arrives in India for what should be a standard security assessment. Instead, he finds himself blocking an assault on a secret meeting between CIA operatives and Indian intelligence officers. Both agencies dismiss the incident as routine terrorism, but Logan sees deeper patterns. When attackers strike the Taj Mahal, he realizes hostile nations are manipulating terrorist groups to destabilize India through economic warfare. The separatists carrying out these operations pursue their own violent goals. During an elaborate Indian wedding celebration, terrorists massacre guests and seize hostages. Two world powers teeter on the edge of conflict. Logan and his Taskforce team must extract the captives before tensions explode into open war. Their mission takes them from the crowded bazaars of Old Delhi to Goa's luxury beach resorts and back to the Taj Mahal's grand chambers. Logan faces an elaborate conspiracy that puts millions of lives at risk.
Genres: military-fiction, adventure, suspense, action, espionage, political-thriller
Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: conspiracy, high-stakes
Setting: India, Taj Mahal, Goa
Period: Contemporary
460 pages · Kindle Edition · William Morrow
Content warnings: violence