02836cam a2200361 i 4500 21480010 MeVbMML 20250801140137.0 200325s2020 nyu 000 1 eng 2020012792 9781250158512 (hardcover) 9781250158529 (ebook) 21480010 DLC eng rda DLC AJM pcc PS3612.A94422775 A85 2020 813/.6 23/eng/20230607 Laurence, Michael, 1973- author. 22080 The annihilation protocol : Michael Laurence. a thriller / First Edition. New York : St. Martin's Press, 2020. 442 pages ; 25 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier "A T3 Thriller"--Dust jacket. "Michael Laurence delivers The Annihilation Protocol, the follow-up to The Extinction Agenda, in a series described as "Jack Reacher falling into a plot written by Dan Brown" (James Rollins, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Crucible). For centuries, a mysterious syndicate known as the Thirteen has staged a silent coup, infiltrating governments and manipulating the course of world events. It's more powerful than any nation, deadlier than any army. The time has come for it to emerge from the shadows and claim the entire world as its own. And only FBI Special Agent James Mason and his longtime friends stand in its way. After narrowly preventing a global pandemic, Mason and his team discover an even deadlier threat has already been set into motion. An unknown adversary has produced enough of a lethal nerve gas to wipe every major city off the face of the world, and their only clue to finding it lies in a cryptic message written in the blood of a man found entombed behind a concrete wall. It isn't until another victim appears-right in the heart of Central Park-that Mason realizes the murders are personal in nature, and figuring out the connection between them is the key to averting catastrophe. Eight million lives hang in the balance and their only chance of surviving lies in the hands of Mason, his old friends, and a new partner he's not entirely sure he can trust. Can his team track down a sinister agent codenamed Scarecrow before toxic gas fills the streets of New York City, or will the true power pulling the strings from behind the scenes-the Thirteen-succeed in enacting its genocidal agenda?"-- Provided by publisher. Spy stories. gsafd 1102 Suspense fiction. gsafd 6 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg ddc BOOK 30790 30790 ddc 0 0 ABELJ ABELJ AF 2025-08-01 28.99 0 LAUR 40485 2025-08-01 2025-08-01 BOOK 1