by Joshua Hood
First published 2022
Adam Hayes wants nothing more than to plan his son's fifth birthday party. After years of dangerous operations for Treadstone, he's ready to retire from the shadow world of covert missions. But Treadstone director Levi Shaw has other plans. Shaw pulls Hayes back for one final assignment, promising it will be simple. Hayes won't even join the strike team. He just needs to establish a safe house and return home in time to collect the birthday cake. The mission explodes into disaster. The entire strike team dies, leaving Hayes as the sole survivor. Now he finds himself the last remaining witness to a web of betrayal that someone desperately wants to eliminate. Everyone seems intent on fixing the oversight of his survival. Hayes must navigate a deadly landscape where former allies have become enemies and trust is a luxury he cannot afford.
Genres: adventure, mystery, thriller, action, espionage
Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, last-witness
Setting: Treadstone
Period: Contemporary
Paperback
Content warnings: violence