The astonishing story of one man''s breakneck race against time to save America from oblivion. _______________ A YOUNG WOMAN MURDERED. All of her identifying characteristics dissolved by acid. A FATHER PUBLICLY BEHEADED. Killed in the blistering heat of a Saudi Arabian public square. A SYRIAN BIOTECH EXPERT FOUND EYELESS. Dumped in a Damascus junkyard. SMOULDERING HUMAN REMAINS. Abandoned on a remote mountainside in Afghanistan. PILGRIM. The codename for a man who doesn''t exist. A man who must return from obscurity. The only man who can uncover a flawless plot to commit an appalling crime against humanity. _______________ ''The plot twists and turns like a python in a sack... Visceral, gritty and cinematic.'' The Times ''A big, breathless tale of nonstop suspense.'' The New York Times ''S imply one of the best suspense novels I''ve read in a long time.'' David Baldacci ''An all too plausible disaster for the world we live in. Great nail-biting stuff.'' Robert Goddard
