Everything Hugo Xavier has built is about to be taken from him.
At home, his wife is losing her battle with cancer — and for the first time in his life, Hugo Xavier is powerless. No training, no tactics, no force of will can change what's happening to Lita. All he can do is watch.
Then the Shadow Council strikes.
A devastating attack on Novus headquarters in Malmoe leaves operatives dead, Freya kidnapped, and the organization's future hanging by a thread. The Swedish authorities deliver their ultimatum: relocate or shut down permanently. With assets frozen and allies gone silent, Hugo and what remains of his team are forced underground — operating cut off from every resource they've spent years building.
The Shadow Council has come for Novus before. But this assault is different. More precise. More personal. As Hugo begins to unravel what they're truly after, one thing becomes terrifyingly clear — this was never just about destroying an organization.
This was always about destroying him.
Hunted, outgunned, and running out of time, Hugo Xavier does what he's always done when everything is stripped away.
He fights back.
Genre: Thriller
At home, his wife is losing her battle with cancer — and for the first time in his life, Hugo Xavier is powerless. No training, no tactics, no force of will can change what's happening to Lita. All he can do is watch.
Then the Shadow Council strikes.
A devastating attack on Novus headquarters in Malmoe leaves operatives dead, Freya kidnapped, and the organization's future hanging by a thread. The Swedish authorities deliver their ultimatum: relocate or shut down permanently. With assets frozen and allies gone silent, Hugo and what remains of his team are forced underground — operating cut off from every resource they've spent years building.
The Shadow Council has come for Novus before. But this assault is different. More precise. More personal. As Hugo begins to unravel what they're truly after, one thing becomes terrifyingly clear — this was never just about destroying an organization.
This was always about destroying him.
Hunted, outgunned, and running out of time, Hugo Xavier does what he's always done when everything is stripped away.
He fights back.
Genre: Thriller
Used availability for Filip Forsberg's Project Palantir