A live sample of the deadly H7N9 flu virus is the ransom terrorists are demanding from a research biologist if he wants his daughter back.

Adam Drake, lawyer and former Special Forces Tier 1 operator, has agreed to help a private investigator find the kidnapped victim and get her back. It’s not clear who the kidnappers are, but Drake knows whoever they are, the ransomed virus can’t be allowed to wind up in the hands of the wrong people.

The FBI’s top priority will be to recover the virus before it disappears into the hands of terrorists or on the black market. If Drake decides not to get the FBI involved, he might improve his chances to get the biologist’s daughter back alive but risk not recovering the sample of the virus.

Drake’s decision will put lives as risk either way.

THE DETERRENT is the tenth book in the popular Adam Drake thriller series by Scott Matthews. If you like a fast-paced terrorist thriller, with plenty of action and a plot as current as tomorrow’s headline, you’ll enjoy reading this installment in the series.