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British-AmericanMI6counterterrorismoperativeAlexHawkehasallbutgivenuponlife,eversincehelostthewomanhelovedalmostayearago.Butnowanoldfrienddesperatelyneedshishelp—HisRoyalHighnessPrinceCharles.AshadowyfigurefromthepasthastheBritishCrowninhissights,andhasalreadyproventhathiswarningsarenottobetakenlightly.Anot-so-subtlethreathasbeendirectedtowardtheBritishroyalfamily,withanominousconnectiontotheassassinationofthebelovedWindsorpatriarch,LordMountbatten,thirtyyearsago.EarlycluespointtoIRAinvolvement—butthetruthcouldbeworse...much,muchworse.ItisjustthesortofcalltodutyHawkeneedstopropelhimbackintoaction.Butthecombinationofanelusivemaniacassassinontheprowlforroyalbloodandanunholybrotherhoodofjihadistswreakingexplosiveglobalterrormaybemorethantherecoveringcounterspy—andhisworld—cansurvive.