A contemporary thriller set in Washington, D.C., relates the plausible and frightening tale of a president targeted for destruction by a cabal of business executives. When an airliner is blown out of the sky off the East Coast, a body with three bullets to the face is discovered near the crash site: the calling card of an assassin. Only Agent Michael Osbourne has seen the markings before--on a woman he once loved. Consumed by his dark obsession with the assassin, he's willing to risk everything to settle the score... --Adapted from back cover.