is recent brush with death, James Harding sat in his review surrounded by guides. On the screen, one could hear the breaking news on his son's detention and the following

xplosion. Windows cracked, and alarms blazed to life. " What the f--- did that mean?" James asked, getting to his feet. His head of safety came flying into the room, looking pal

n. As it happened, Elena Vasquez, Alex's old right-hand lady, drove the charge. She had jumped all over the chance to ensure the realm for herself, and the Harding house was a cl

et panic room. She urged, her words firm despite the terror in her eyes, "Quickly now." Martha made a choice as the final young woman slipped inside. She couldn't leave the family

. How much about his own family, his own house did he not know? James had to stand up to the truth of his position as they moved through the home evading gunshots and explosions. His child was a criminal genius; his political car

canned the scene. Purged, "James Harding." Just the man I was looking for. James straightened himself, drawing all of his political ease. "Ms. I guess Vasquez." I fear you have caught me at the worst of

t point. She nodded to one of her men, who usually understood Martha. "Stop! James yelled, his own control failing. "Let her wellenough alone." Elena asked, "the

sardonically and then cynically. "Seems as though you could profit from some help." James' jaw fell. Richard? But... you are dead. All of us thought about..." Before them James's long-lost brother Richard Harding seemed to be st

of the Harding legacy is amazing. He then tossed a little thing down on the ground. It set out a dazzling flash of light and thick smoke. When the air cleared, Richard, Ja

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m the tube, they saw an ordinary SUV waiting in a gloomy subterranean garage. James thought back on the house he had lived in for decades as they drove far from the besieged home. Flares licked at the windows; the evenin

ames Harding understood that, from where he might be concerned, the world had finished as they traveled through the chaos packed streets of New York. His skillfully created life of force and political worrie

rding secrets raced toward an inevitable clash. Moreover, at the center, all things considered, a young mother fought for her life in a medical facility unaware that the fate of a realm now within her reach.