<p>''No one gets this big without amazing natural storytelling talent - which is what Jim has, in spades. The Alex Cross series proves it.''<b> LEE CHILD</b><br><br> ''Alex Cross is a legend.'' <b>HARLAN COBEN<br> _________________________________________</b><br><br>THE <i>SUNDAY TIMES</i> NO. 1 BESTSELLER<br><br><b>The President''s children have been kidnapped.</b><br><br> Detective Alex Cross is investigating the shocking crime, but someone powerful is trying to keep him off the case.<br><br> Just days later, a deadly contagion in the DC water supply threatens to cripple the capital, and Cross fears that the stakes are much higher than he first thought - America is under attack.<br><br> If Cross stands a chance of finding the missing children and preventing an event that could change the fate of the nation, he must make a desperate decision that goes against everything he believes in.<br><b>_______________________________________</b><br><br> ''It''s no mystery why James Patterson is