Alex Cross is gravely injured and only his partner and friend, John Sampson, can keep him safe .
Time..
The detective has a new enemy.
As a shadow force advances on the nation\'s capital, Sampson alone must protect the Cross family, his own young daughter, and every American including the president.
Others are disappearing.
Among Sampson\'s Army network, some soldiers are called to secret duty assignments.
Don\'t trust anyone .
The patterns are too random, Alex has told him.
The threat to Sampson\'s best friend, his partner, his brother , sends him reeling.
No sooner do Cross and Sampson join the investigation than Alex is brutally sidelined.
Then a series of military-style attacks erupts.
Detective John Sampson enforces them.
The brilliant crime-solving duo of Washington DC\'s Metro PD and the FBI has a proven operating procedure: Detective Alex Cross makes his own rules. and get justice. . .
Alex Cross is gravely injured and only his partner and friend, John Sampson, can keep him safe
