The Sins of the Father

If you are reading this I am dead...

So begins the letter from one of Derek Stillwater's former lovers. The letter sends him to Moscow, Russia in search of the truth behind Irina Khournikova's death, and to meet a completely unexpected surprise - Derek's son. But Irina's comrades in the FSB, the Russian Intelligence Service, don't want Derek poking around in an active terrorism investigation.

As a favor to the Secretary of State, Derek is also tasked with investigating the suicide of a weapons inspector, but before he can get started, he finds himself in the middle of a terror attack on the U.S. Embassy. Something is very rotten in Russia - who to trust? Is there a leak in the U.S. State Department? A traitor in the Russian government who is trying to overthrow the Russian Federation?

And then an international assassin puts Derek in his cross-hairs and all bets are off as Derek teams up with FSB Agent Konstantin Nikitinov to stop a terrorist group calling itself The Red Hand from overthrowing the government. And then The Red Hand crosses the line - they kidnap Derek's son to stop his investigation.

But Derek Stillwater and Konstantin Nikitinov will stop at nothing - absolutely nothing - to get Lev back from the terrorists. And the two men are about to bring their own reign of terror down on the terrorists.