Sequel to: Zero sum [in the John Rain series] ; sequel to: The night trade [in the Livia Lone series]

Includes bibliographical references

When a joint FBI-Seattle Police investigation into an international child pornography ring gets too close to powerful enemies, sex-crimes detective Livia Lone becomes the target of a hit that barely goes awry, and suspects that the FBI itself was behind it

When a joint FBI-Seattle Police investigation of an international child pornography ring gets too close to certain powerful people, sex-crimes detective Livia Lone becomes the target of a hit that barely goes awry. The hit had been offered to John Rain, a retired specialist in "natural causes." Livia and former Marine sniper Dox assemble an ad hoc group to identify and neutralize the threat. There's Rain; Rain's estranged lover, Mossad agent Delilah; and black ops soldiers Ben Treven and Daniel Larison, along with their former commander, SpecOps legend Colonel Scot "Hort" Horton. They have a hard time forming a team... and their quest brings them closer and closer to the highest levels of the US government. -- adapted from jacket