The assassination of a Treadstone agent leads two Blackbriar operatives down a rabbit hole of deceit and betrayal in this explosive new series from the world of Robert Ludlum's Jason Bourne.

A car explodes on a quiet Prague side street - and among the dead is an undercover Treadstone agent. It's not unusual for such men to meet their fates on an operation, but in this case there's one catch: none of the agent's superiors knows why he was there.

Two Blackbriar operatives, Helen Jouvert and Donovan Wade, are sent to investigate. Their search for answers will take them deeper into the world of conspiracy and fake news than they ever expected. Treadstone and Blackbriar, intelligence and counter-intelligence, may be two sides of the same coin, but they have one thing in common: answers can be the deadliest commodity of all.

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'Thriller writing at its level best' Providence Journal

'Non-stop action meets relentless suspense' The Real Book Spy

Simon Gervais was born in Montréal. After serving in the military he became a federal agent in Toronto, often working in close collaboration with his American colleagues from the DEA. In 2004, he was placed with a federal antiterrorism unit, and was later deployed in Europe and the Middle East. A close-protection specialist, he served on the protection details of Queen Elizabeth II, Barack Obama, and Hu Jintao. Gervais lives in Ottawa with his wife and two children.

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