To prevent a war in Asia--one that could quickly spread to the rest of the world--Paul Janson and Jessica Kincaid must learn the truth behind a young woman's murder.

Former U.S. Marshal Simon Fisk works as a private contractor, recovering children kidnapped by their own estranged parents. Haunted by the still unsolved disappearance of his own daughter, he won't touch stranger abduction cases. Then six-year-old Lindsay Sorkin disappears from her parents' hotel room in Paris, and the French police deliver Simon an ultimatum: he can spend years in a French jail for his actions during a past case, or he can find Lindsay....

Tapped to oversee a ransom exchange involving a movie mogul's abducted daughter, former U.S. Marshal Simon Fisk learns that the kidnappers have no intention of returning the girl, a discovery that prompts a quest through the most dangerous cities of South America.

"Kevin Corvelli--a hot shot New York defense attorney who packed up his bags and hung his shingle in Hawaii to dodge the spotlight--is deep in his Mai Tais at a resort when an argument erupts down the bar. It's a pair of newlyweds, married that day. And since Corvelli doesn't do divorces, he all but dismisses the argument. That's at least until the fire breaks out later that night, and he barely escapes his hotel room. Most weren't so lucky, including...

Renewing his effort to solve the case of his young daughter's abduction, former U.S. marshal Simon Fisk journeys to Dublin to investigate a murder suspect who bears a striking family resemblance.