An elite team of MI6 agents must go undercover to unravel a smuggling network funding violent terror in the second thrilling adventure in the acclaimed Double O series by Kim Sherwood. James Bond is alive. Or at least he was when he left a clue at the black site where the insidious private military company Rattenf nger held him captive. MI6 cannot spare any more lives attempting to track down one missing agent--no exceptions even for Bond. But Johanna Harwood 003 has her own agenda. Sidelined by her superiors while she grieves the loss of a loved one Harwood goes on an unsanctioned mission: to find 007. Meanwhile MI6 has another problem... A bomb has detonated in London. Double O agents on the trail of the terrorists responsible acted quickly to prevent mass destruction and save lives. But MI6 failed to neutralize the nations enemies before they could strike and one of their own was seriously injured in the blast. They wont fail again. Assigned to root out the source of the terrorists funding Joseph Dryden 004 and Conrad Harthrop-Vane 000 enter the field. Tracing clues from Sothebys auction house to Crete to Venice they uncover a money laundering scheme involving diamonds black market antiquities and human trafficking. Once a major sale is made a six-day countdown to the next terror attack begins. As the Double Os follow the twisting trail they find themselves unexpectedly inching closer to Bond...
