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New York Times best-selling author William Kent Krueger delivers yet another "punch-to-the-gut blend of detective story and investigative fiction" (Booklist) as Cork O'Connor and his son Stephen work together to uncover the truth behind the tragic plane crash of a senator on Desolation Mountain and the mysterious disappearances of several first responders. This is a heart-pounding and devastating mystery the scope and consequences of which go far beyond what father or son could ever have imagined....

They were hired to find waste, fraud, and abuse. What they uncovered could rewrite the future of American power. In Washington, D.C., where politics and corruption go hand in hand, a covert team of young, off-the-books investigators—known only as the DOGE Squad—works quietly under the radar. Armed with cutting-edge tech, elite-level skills, and a knack for breaking rules, they were assembled by a reclusive billionaire and given one mission: shine a light into the darkest corners of government.

When Russia invades Ukraine, a top Ukrainian virologist vanishes with a deadly gain-of-function viral formula locked in his memory. He escapes to Europe with his wife and young daughter, ready to sell the formula to the highest bidder. As nations scramble to secure the weapon, FROG, a secretive intelligence agency, has one mission: assassinate the scientist before the formula goes global. But when his daughter is kidnapped by a rival force, the mission spins out of control. Now, FROG's elite operatives must navigate a shadow war of mercenaries, spies, and bio-terrorists.

When FROG uncovers whispers of a horrifying scheme to unleash millions of bioengineered mosquitoes carrying a deadly pathogen, their elite team of spies is thrown into a globe-spanning chase as they follow a trail of murder and arson in the picturesque Swiss Alps to blackmail and kidnapping in the bustling city-state of Singapore. However, they soon discover that they aren’t the only ones wanting to secure the deadly mosquitoes—a terrorist group is already one step ahead, leaving them no room for error.

When several high-powered bankers are marked for murder during a Geneva conference, one chilling detail links them all—they were each told that Canada is the target of a devastating, world-altering attack. Enter FROG, a covert intelligence agency tasked with neutralizing catastrophic threats before they erupt. But the deeper the operatives dig, the faster the bodies fall—from the streets of Paris and Slovakia to the snowy trails of Utah, where a sniper kills a man who was never meant to die.