An explosive, high-stakes thriller of espionage and counterterrorism from the Wall Street Journal bestselling authors of Tier One.

A shocking attack in Ankara leaves the US Ambassador to Turkey deceased and his chief of staff, Amanda Allen, in the hands of brutal terrorists. But Allen can be no normal diplomat. She’s undercover CIA. The DNI as well as the President consider Ember, America’s leading black-ops task power, and its own deadliest weapon, former Tier One Navy SEAL John Dempsey, for help. To discover Allen, about American Operator: A Tier One Tale Ember gets embedded in one of the most harmful battlefield on Earth: Syria. However when all communications are disabled by an assault in Turkey, Dempsey finds himself with no backup—a lone shadow warrior racing against time for you to rescue Allen from her captors before she reaches her breaking point.

What Dempsey doesn’t realize is that Allen is just a pawn within a much larger video game. A new player was already unleashed: a renowned mercenary who fits the American Operator in skill, tactical prowess, and a killer instinct for survival. Now there is normally far more on the line than a kidnapped CIA agent. Dempsey and his group better get this one correct, because the stability of power for the entire Middle East hangs in the balance. And the new threat is far more dangerous than any Dempsey offers encountered in his years waging war against terrorism. Game on.