An explosive, race-against-time debut thriller for fans of Lee Child, Harlan Coben, Robert Crais, and James Patterson"s Alex Cross series.--------------------- A DEADLY MISSION It may be Christmas Eve in New York, but for ex-military bodyguard Ryan Lock it"s business as usual.His task: to protect the CEO of the world"s largest bio-technology company from a group of radical, and highly determined, activists. A BLOODY SHOOTOUT But when a failed assassination attempt leaves the streets of midtown littered with bodies, and hours later the son of the company"s chief research scientist is abducted from his Upper West Side prep school, Lock"s hunt for the boy turns into an explosive game of cat and mouse. ONLY ONE MAN CAN SAVE NEW YORK Through the corporate corridors of power and dark alleys of Manhattan, Lock"s search leads him towards a deadly confrontation with one of the world"s most dangerous women. As the clock ticks towards midnight on New Year"s Eve, and the crowds gather in Times Square, Lock realizes that not only is his own life in terrible danger but so are the lives of millions of others...