Nothing is as it was. Old enemies embrace. The dark staging grounds of the Cold War--whose shadows barely obscured the endless games of espionage--are flooded with light; the rules are rewritten, the stakes changes, the future unfathomable. John le Carré has seized this momentous turning point in hi
Powers: The Secret History of Deena Pilgrim
✍ Scribed by Brian Michael Bendis
- Publisher
- Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press
- Year
- 2016
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 227 KB
- Edition
- First edition
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
✦ Synopsis
Ever since she could walk, Homicide Detective Deena Pilgrim followed in her father's footsteps. A man with a badge, Waldo Pilgrim surrounded himself with what Deena believed to be the cream of the crop when it came to serving and protecting. These days, Deena won't discuss her father or the life she left behind in Atlanta years ago, a life before she partnered with Christian Walker to investigate homicide cases in a city where perps and victims boast incredible, dangerous powers. Now, nearly a decade of bringing Powers to justice has broken down Deena's resolve, along with the walls she erected long ago to protect herself from prying eyes. Walls that kept her from a past best left alone, and from those determined to get close and bring horrible, heartbreaking memories to the surface once more.
But when a cold case reopens a series of unsolved murders that point back to Deena's family tree, she is unavoidably reacquainted with a former boyfriend with ties to both sets of...
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