When an ex-Navy SEAL ends up injured and imprisoned, a shadowy ring of power brokers offers him the only way out"”through a high-stakes military mission"”in this knockout punch of an international political espionage thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Kyle Mills. As recommended by Brad Thor on Today. "Fade is a badass operator whom even a coma can"™t stop. . Plenty of action, plenty of fun. " "”Kirkus Reviews When ex-navy SEAL Salam "Fade" al-Fayed steps in front of a sniper"™s bullet, he assumes that he"™s reached the end of the road"”his death wish has finally been answered. Instead, he wakes in a hospital. As one of the deadliest operatives in U. S. history, he"™s now incapable of even standing without assistance. Alone and wanted by authorities, he"™s destined to spend the rest of his life lying in a prison infirmary. So when a shadowy organization offers him a new identity and next-generation medical care, he has no choice but to agree. Nothing"™s free, though. After a grueling rehabilitation, he"™s drafted into an elite paramilitary unit. But who"™s in charge? When a dire threat"”a highly contagious pathogen"”explodes out of China, his question is quickly answered: A select group of the world"™s wealthiest and most powerful people has decided that governments are no longer capable of controlling the chaos erupting around the globe. It"™s a power grab by billionaires who"™ve decided that it"™s their time to rule. With panic rising, the leaders of both democracies and dictatorships prove equally willing to destroy anything and anyone to save themselves. Forced into action before he"™s fully ready, Fade finds himself at the sharp end of a mission to stop a menace unlike any he''s faced before. If he fails, the consequences will be unimaginable. But what if he succeeds? No one elected the people he"™s working for. And God sure as hell didn"™t ordain them. Has he signed on to save the human race . or to help quietly enslave it? Fade In tackles the complex threats of international espionage, power imbalances, and global terrorism"“and introduces a character destined to take his place among legends like Vince Flynn"™s Mitch Rapp, Robert Ludlum"™s Jason Bourne, Lee Child"™s Jack Reacher, and Daniel Silva"™s Gabriel Allon. Kyle Mills is the author of nine New York Times bestselling Vince Flynn novels featuring Mitch Rapp.