The new thriller in James Patterson´s bestselling Private series, featuring private investigator Jack Morgan In Afghanistan, a US Special Forces pilot is shot down during a covert mission. In New York, a mother is forced to flee with her two young children. A wealthy businessman approaches Jack Morgan, head of Private - the world´s largest investigation agency - with a desperate plea to track down his daughter and grandchildren, who have disappeared without a trace. What at first seems to be a simple missing persons case soon escalates into something much more deadly, when Jack discovers the daughter is being pursued by highly trained operatives. As Jack uncovers more of the woman´s backstory, the trail leads towards Afghanistan - where Jack´s career as a US Marine ended in catastrophe . . . Jack will need to face the trauma of his past to save a family´s future.