<p><b>When a ruthless killer seeks to overturn the world order, our only hope is vigilante justice.</b><br><br>Since Lamont Cranston - known to a select few as the Shadow - defeated Shiwan Khan and ended his reign of terror over New York one year ago, the city has started to regenerate.<br><br>But there is evil brewing elsewhere. And this time the entire world is under threat.<br><br>Which is why Lamont has scoured the globe to assemble a team with unmatched talent.<br><br>Only their combined powers can foil an enemy with ambitions and abilities beyond anyone''s deepest fears.<br><br>As their mission takes them across the globe and into the highest corridors of power - pushing them beyond their limits - can justice prevail?<br><br><b>________________________________<br><br>PRAISE FOR JAMES PATTERSON</b><br><br>''Patterson boils a scene down to the single, telling detail, the element that defines a character or moves a plot along. It''s what fires off the movie projector in the reader''