by Brad Taylor
Part of Pike Logan, book 12
First published 2018
Pike Logan arrives in Tel Aviv hunting an American arms dealer who might be selling nuclear weapons components. The mission seems straightforward until his team intervenes to save Shoshana, a lethal Mossad operative, from an assassination attempt. Her partner Aaron Bergman has vanished while investigating a diamond merchant connected to a potential Israeli state embarrassment. Aaron was working as a contractor, giving Israel deniability, but his disappearance reveals something far more dangerous. Pike discovers a conspiracy to overthrow a democratic African government, with threads running through American and Israeli intelligence agencies. He faces an impossible choice between loyalty to his Israeli allies and his Taskforce mission as the coup machinery accelerates. At the center of everything is Aaron, whose disappearance may be the conspirators' fatal error. Shoshana will unleash her considerable killing skills to find her partner, even if it means targeting Pike Logan himself.
Genres: military-fiction, adventure, suspense, action, espionage, political-thriller
Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, loyalty-conflict
Setting: Africa, Israel, Tel Aviv
Period: Contemporary
Audio CD · Penguin Audio
Content warnings: violence