Gideon's Sword (Gideon Crew Series)

Gideon's Sword (Gideon Crew Series) by Child, Lincoln. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780446573726.

New York Times bestselling authors Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child pair up to present the unforgettable character Gideon Crew: trickster, prodigy, master and thief. At twelve, Gideon Crew witnessed his father, a world-class mathematician, accused of treason and gunned down. At twenty-four, summoned to his dying mothers bedside, Gideon learned the truth: His father was framed and deliberately slaughtered. With her last breath, she begged her son to avenge him. Now, with a new purpose in his life, Gideon crafts a one-time mission of vengeance, aimed at the perpetrator of his fathers destruction. His plan is meticulous, spectacular, and successful. But from the shadows, someone is watching. A very powerful someone, who is impressed by Gideons special skills. Someone who has need of just such a renegade. For Gideon, this operation may be only the beginning ...