Struck down but never out.

Vertigo, headaches, nausea … all debilitating, all stemming from a sudden and unexplained attack in a foreign hotel room following a meeting with a Russian asset. CIA operations officer Jack Dunn has seen everything in his line of work, but he’s never experienced something like this before.

Two years later, he’s retired, divorced, and still struggling with the effects of what happened in that room. When he hears of a similar attack on a White House staffer, Jack knows it’s more than an isolated incident. And this time, he’s not letting it go.

CIA leadership has warned him to stand down. His ex-wife and fellow officer won’t be easy to convince. But Jack’s decorated career as a federal agent has earned him loyal contacts, even if the agency itself is a bust.

He gave his life to his country. To a government that left him out to dry. But Jack Dunn isn’t finished fighting for it—or himself—just yet.

Alma Katsu is the New York Times bestselling author of books including Incarnate, The Fervor, Red Widow, Red London, The Deep, and The Hunger. She has been nominated for or won awards including the Stoker, Goodreads Choice, International Thriller Writers, Locus, Western Heritage, and Spain’s Celsius 232 Festival prize. Her books have also appeared on best-books lists from NPR, The Observer, Barnes and Noble, Apple Books, Goodreads, and Amazon.

Combining her love of storytelling with three decades as a senior intelligence analyst, Katsu crafts mind-bending tales grounded in reality. From spy novels to historical fiction to horror and the supernatural, her writing continues to carve its place among the new classics.

Katsu is a graduate of the master’s writing program at Johns Hopkins University. Along with her authorial career, she has also been a contributor to the Washington Post Book World.

She lives in the D.C. area with her musician husband and their two dogs.