Some wounds never heal. Some secrets should never surface.
R. Stone has lived two lives: one as a surgeon who saves, another as an operative who kills. When those worlds collide after a sabotage operation in the Mediterranean, Stone is forced into a deadly pursuit across Europe and the Middle East.
With Gabriella, a Mossad agent whose loyalty is as enigmatic as her past, Stone uncovers a conspiracy that leads from stolen art in Berlin to hidden vaults beneath the Louvre in Paris, where the walls themselves guard centuries of blood and betrayal.
As enemies close in and the lines between healer and executioner blur, Stone must decide: is he a man defined by the lives he saves... or by the ones he takes?
A taut, atmospheric thriller for readers who crave the moral complexity of John le Carré and the explosive tension of Daniel Silva.
He was trained to save lives. Now he decides who deserves to live.
R. Stone-once a CIA operative, now a freelance surgeon-thought he'd left the shadows behind. But when a "routine" operation on a notorious ex-Syrian banker ends in sabotage, Stone is thrust back into a world of deception, betrayal, and blood-soaked secrets.
From the remote island of Linosa to the glittering halls of the Louvre, from the back alleys of Berlin to war-scorched Lebanon, Stone is hunted by killers, double agents, and a shadowy organization known only as 786. At his side is Gabriella, a brilliant Mossad operative whose loyalties may be as dangerous as the enemies they face. Together, they chase stolen masterpieces, uncover buried conspiracies, and confront the kind of truths powerful men kill to keep hidden.
But in a world where every ally could be an assassin and every mission could be his last, Stone's greatest battle will not be against his enemies-
...it will be against his own past.
Fans of Daniel Silva, Brad Thor, and Robert Ludlum will be spellbound by this pulse-pounding thriller of espionage, art theft, and international intrigue.
The question is not if Stone will survive-
but how much he's willing to sacrifice to deliver justice.
