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Daria Gibron, a seasoned freelance operative marked by a history of deadly missions, has been recuperating in rural Italy after a severe injury. Her quiet refuge is shattered when she is tracked by Diego, a former bodyguard who protected an engineer and the engineer’s invention before escaping a brutal attack by a highly trained paramilitary unit. Now, the White Scorpions—a Serbian mercenary group known for indiscriminate violence—hunt Diego and, by extension, Daria. Complicating the threat, a cadre of disgraced CIA agents, blaming Daria for their discharge, have been plotting retaliation and receive permission to eliminate her. With multiple elite teams converging on her and a critical invention going missing, Daria faces the most perilous situation of her career, navigating betrayal and intrigue in a high‑stakes espionage thriller.
First publish date: 2014
Genre: Thriller/Political Thriller
Authors: Dana Haynes
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