Bannerman's Ghosts

About this book

The chillingly prescient subject of New York Times bestselling author John R. Maxims remarkable new thriller -- which anticipates the development of unstoppable viral weapons -- is reassuring in at least one regard: It has threatened and angered Paul Bannerman. The story begins not in Westport Connecticut where Bannerman and a group of his deadliest operatives have been trying to live otherwise normal lives but in a fortified estate outside Washington D.C. where the billionaire sociopath Artemus Bourne has taken delivery of a package. It was supposed to contain samples of horrific bio-weapons that one of his offshore firms created. Instead the package held three severed heads. One belonged to the scientist whod developed those weapons. The other two belonged to men whod tested the virus on humans. Bourne knows who sent him the three heads and why; it is an act of vengeance by a man long thought dead. He is out of Bournes reach but Bourne knows that mans one weakness -- a woman who is the great love of his life. If Bourne can find her his problem might be nipped in the bud. But Bournes solution puts him at odds with Paul Bannerman himself a friend of this woman. And Bannerman has a number of "ghosts" of his own so-called because they too are thought to be dead and beyond the reach of the living. But none of them are beyond the reach of Artemus Bournes deadly viral weapons. If Bannerman does not agree to stand down anything in Westport that breathes will die. This new Bannerman adventure long awaited and much requested is a heart-stopping tale ripped from todays headlines. It is also a tale of loyalty of honor and of a love that transcends life and death.