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After a series of shootings at an Israeli peace rally, Washington sends for trouble-shooter and peace negotiator Maggie Costello. She follows a trail that takes her from Jewish settlements on the West Bank to Palestinian refugee camps, where she discovers the latest deaths are not random but have a distinct pattern. All the dead men are archaeologists and historians - those who know the buried secrets of the ancient past.

Bruised by years of disappointments, political advisor Maggie Costello is finally working for a leader she can believe in. She, along with the rest of America, has put her trust in President Stephen Baker, believing he can make the world a better place. But suddenly an enemy surfaces: a man called Vic Forbes reveals first one scandal about the new president, and then another. He threatens a third revelation – one that will destroy Baker entirely.

Tom Byrne has fallen from grace since his days as an idealistic young lawyer in New York. A gambling addiction has lost him his home, his wife, and his good character. So when the UN call him in to do their dirty work, he accepts the job without hesitation. A suspected suicide bomber shot by UN security staff has turned out to be a harmless old man: Tom must placate the family and limit their claims for compensation.

A teenage computer prodigy is mortally strangled in Mumbai. A far-right extremist is killed in a remote cabin in the Pacific Northwest. A wealthy businessman is murdered in Thailand. A pimp in Brooklyn is found stabbed to death and mysteriously covered by a brown shroud. What connects the victims is an ancient prophecy that leads to the end of the world, and it's up to Will Monroe, a fledgling reporter at the New York Times, to stop it.

Stell dir vor, der mächtigste Mann der Welt wäre ein gefährlicher Egomane... Als die Bürger der USA einen unberechenbaren Demagogen zum Präsidenten wählen, hält die Welt den Atem an. Kaum jemand weiß: Bereits kurz nach Amtsantritt ordnet der Präsident fast einen Nuklearstreich an, nachdem ein Wortgefecht mit dem Machthaber von Nordkorea aus dem Ruder läuft. Eins ist den Mitwissern klar: Jemand muss etwas unternehmen, oder die Welt steht kurz vor einem dritten Weltkrieg.

Sie wollen die Wahrheit selbst auslöschen, jegliches Zeugnis der grausamsten Menschheitsverbrechen der Geschichte. Berühmte Bibliotheken gehen in Flammen auf, Historiker werden ermordet und Zeitzeugen verschwinden spurlos. Maggie Costello, Ex-Mitarbeiterin des Weißen Hauses, hatte sich eigentlich eine Auszeit verordnet. Doch dann stolpert sie über Hinweise auf die Hintermänner. Sie gräbt tiefer und begibt sich damit direkt ins Visier der Verschwörer.