Publisher's Synopsis
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Alex Cross is gravely injured. Only his partner friend John Sampson can keep him safe and get justice.
For the once, John Sampson is on his own. The FBI and Metro PD of Washington, DC have a proven strategy for solving crimes: The rules for Detective Alex Cross are his own. They are enforced by Detective John Sampson. Sampson is knocked out by military-style attacks that brutally disable Cross. Sampson's partner, brother, and friend all told him that the patterns are too random. Don't believe anyone. Sampson alone must safeguard the Cross family, his own young daughter, and every American, including the president, as a shadow force approaches the nation's capital.
