"Assassin's Mace is a gripping and intelligently constructed thriller.... Fans of politically charged narratives, covert operations, and morally complex protagonists will find much to appreciate here." -Manhattan Book Review Jake Palmer is weeks away from finishing a grueling two-year contract with the U.S. Joint Special Operations Command's elite Task Force Orange in Islamabad. But instead of winding down, he and his partner, Alona Green, are thrust into their most dangerous mission yet: a covert operation deep inside Russia under false identities. With MI6's Moscow Station Chief, Sania Reed, as their only lifeline, their goal is clear-extract Russia's top hypersonic missile engineer and deliver him safely into U.S. custody. But when the mission uncovers intelligence with world-shaking consequences, the stakes rise beyond anything they imagined. Now hunted by Russia's Federal Security Service and its most lethal operative, assassin Nikolai Ivanov, Palmer and Green must outwit an enemy who rarely misses. The consequences of mission failure could redefine the balance of global power and cost Palmer and Green everything.