Court Gentry is known as The Gray Man - a legend in the covert realm, moving silently from job to job, accomplishing the impossible, and then fading away. And he always hits his target. But there are forces more lethal than Gentry in the world. And in their eyes, Gentry has just outlived his usefulness. Now, he is going to prove that for him, there's no gray area between killing for a living-and killing to stay alive.

Her name is Atlee Pine, the latest creation from best-selling author David Baldacci. She has unstoppable tenacity, always a fighter who is unwilling to cede any ground. She has endured real nightmares, and she has the emotional and physical scars to show for it. And she got those long before she became an adult. She is an FBI Special Agent assigned to the wilds of the western US. She has to cover, often solo, vast tracts of area: Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Colorado, Arizona.

Secret Service Agent Scot Harvath auf der blutigen Spur des kaltblütigsten Terroristen der Welt. Das größte Problem für Harvath: Er hat keine Ahnung, wie der Mann aussieht. Der Pfad des Mörders führt Harvath von den brennenden Wüsten Nordafrikas bis in die verwinkelten Gassen Roms.

Freedom may have finally arrived in Iran. As protests break out across the country, the media rejoices over the so-called Persian Spring. Western leaders are ecstatic. Members of Congress and the Cabinet clamor to back the rebels. Only President Jack Ryan remains wary. Meanwhile, he has plenty to handle at home. A deadly strain of flu is ravaging the United States as spring floods decimate the Southeast. An unethical senator wants to bring down the Ryan presidency and is willing to lean on fabricated bot-planted stories to do it.

Auf den Skipisten von Utah ereignet sich ein unglaublicher Vorfall: In einem spektakulären Coup entführen Terroristen den Präsidenten der USA und töten dabei 30 Männer des Geheimdienstes. Nur der junge Scot Harvath überlebt. Während Secret Service, FBI, CIA und der verdächtig unentschlossene Vizepräsident erklären, dass eine Vereinigung aus dem Nahen Osten hinter dem Angriff steckt, glaubt Harvath keine Sekunde daran. Also beginnt er auf eigene Faust zu ermitteln.