From the explosive world of Jason Bourne emerges a new hero.

A blown mission and a dead team leave Adam Hayes the last loose thread in a tapestry of betrayal in this latest high-stakes international thriller from the world of Robert Ludlum.

The CIA has a source in the Haitian National Bank who can provide proof of corruption at the top of the American intelligence community. The evidence is on a flash drive in the bank's main office. Yet what should be a simple smash and grab mission is blown wide open when a powerful element in Haitian intelligence is threatened by the breach. The CIA team's only hope for survival is a speedy extraction.

None of this matters to Adam Hayes. Currently the most pressing issue on his mind is planning his son's upcoming fourth birthday party. After years of operating in the world's most dangerous spots for Treadstone, he's ready to call it quits, but the feeling isn't mutual.

Levi Shaw, Treadstone's director, calls Hayes back for one more mission. 'It's a walk in the park. You don't even have to go in with the strike team. I just need you to set up the safe house. You'll be home in time to pick up the birthday cake.'

But nothing is ever easy where Treadstone is concerned. When the mission is blown, Hayes escapes with his life, and everyone, it seems, is determined to correct that oversight.