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The Protector

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By David Morrell
Agented by Dystel and Goderich Literary Management
$5.99 Rating: Not yet rated.
Published: Oct. 28, 2011
Words: 110,705 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781937760069


Short description

Trained by Delta Force, calm in moments of absolute terror, Cavanaugh stops threats before they strike. His latest assignment: protect a brilliant scientist with a secret so extraordinary he needs to adopt a new identity. For Cavanaugh, helping Daniel Prescott is just another job. Until it explodes, Prescott vanishes, and the protector finds himself in a fast, furious battle for his life.

Extended description

The secret weapon developed by the man Cavanaugh is assigned to protect is like Kryptonite to the former Delta Force officer turned security guard--it multiplies the effects of adrenaline, a hormone associated with fear, so it incapacitates instead of energizing him. A lot of people want Daniel Prescott's secret, but Cavanaugh, who's felt the drug's effects, wants his antidote. When Prescott disappears after causing the death of the Global Protective Services team charged with keeping him alive, Cavanaugh and his wife Jamie go after him in a high-speed chase that traps them between government agents and foreign operatives each racing to find the scientist first and kill him before he can use his formula on them. Despite Prescott's double-dealing, and the bloody battle in a mountain redoubt that results in the deaths of his friends and colleagues, Cavanaugh knows the only way to banish the fear that may compromise his and Jamie's own safety is to track the elusive scientist to his las.. (Read more)

Tags

adventure, action, military, spies, espionage, government, conspiracy, technology, delta force, mens adventure, bioengineering, medical technology

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