From New York Times bestselling authors Catherine Coulter and J.T. Ellison comes a riveting thriller pitting special agents Nicholas Drummond and Michaela Caine against a private French space agency that has the power to end the world as we know it.
Galactus, France’s answer to SpaceX, has just launched a communications satellite into orbit, but the payload actually harbors a frightening weapon: a nuclear-triggered electromagnetic pulse.
When the satellite is in position, Galactus’s second-in-command, Dr. Nevaeh Patel, will have the power to lay waste to the world with an EMP. A former astronaut, Patel believes she is following the directions of the Numen, aliens who saved her life when she space-walked outside the International Space Station. She is convinced that with the Holy Grail, just discovered by the owner of Galactus—eccentric treasure hunter Jean-Pierre Broussard—she can be reunited with the Numen, change the world’s destiny, and become immortal with them.
The countdown has begun when Special Agents Nicholas Drummond and Michaela Caine are thrown into the pending disaster. They must stop the EMP that would wreak havoc on communication and electronic systems on Earth, resulting in chaos and anarchy.
With their signature “nonstop action with enough realism to keep you thinking and scare the daylights out of you at the same time” (Suspense Magazine), Coulter and Ellison have created a thriller to take you on a breakneck and breathtaking journey.
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Review
"[S]eamlessly plotted..." (Publishers Weekly)
"Pulse pounding... Coulter fans will have a tough time putting this one down." (Publishers Weekly on Paradox)
"Action is nonstop... Perfect reading for the beach and beyond." (Booklist on Paradox)
"This must be next on your reading list if you love to read thrillers." (The Washington Review of Books on Enigma)
"Catherine Coulter knows how to weave and web incredibly heinous crimes that make you think and shudder." (Mrs. Leif's Two Fangs About It on Insidious)
"Aliens communicating from outer space, and a search for the Holy Grail, seem the stuff of science fiction,
but in the capable hands of Coulter and Ellison, they become an Indiana Jones–style, high-concept
adventure thriller about a race to save the world." (Booklist, starred review)
About the Author
Catherine Coulter is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of eighty-five novels, including the FBI Thriller series and The Brit in the FBI international thriller series, co-written with J.T. Ellison. Coulter lives in Sausalito, California, with her Übermensch husband and their two noble cats, Peyton and Eli. You can reach her at [email protected] or visit Facebook.com/CatherineCoulterBooks.
New York Times bestselling author J.T. Ellison writes dark psychological thrillers and pens the Brit in the FBI series with #1 New York Times bestselling author Catherine Coulter. With millions of books in print, her work has won critical acclaim, prestigious awards, and has been published in 27 countries. She is also the EMMY-award winning cohost of the premier literary television show A Word on Words. Ellison lives in Nashville with her husband and twin kittens. Visit JTEllison.com for more information, and follow her on Twitter and Instagram @ThrillerChick or Facebook.com/JTEllison14.