WHEN YOU CHASE THE DEVIL, YOU RISK CATCHING HELL...

The author of The Vatican Connection returns with a new thriller as homicide detective Harry Dymes investigates a murder-and uncovers an international conspiracy that threatens to unleash biological terror upon the world.

THE SCIENTIST WANTS TO SURVIVE.

One of Nicolai Tarasove's associates has just been brutally murdered in a San Francisco hotel. The scientist's past dealings have caught up with him-sending him on the run for his life. But he's not the only one running.

THE RUSSIAN MOBSTER WANTS THE SCIENTIST.

The killer is Boris Feliks, a Russian mobster whom the scientist double-crossed in a bio-weapons deal at the behest of the FBI. He's out for revenge.

THE TERRORISTS WANT THE RUSSIAN MOBSTER.

But Boris himself is being hunted by the Triad-the dreaded Chinese underground-who were planning to sell the deadly toxin to the North Koreans. They're out to save face.

AND ONE COP WANTS THEM ALL.

Caught in the cross fire between the FBI, the Russian mafia, and the Triad, Harry Dymes is out to stop the killing once and for all. And if he doesn't win this race, the whole world may lose....