Sentinel Five

James Quinn

Sinossi

After the Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service is assassinated, a terrorist organization plans to unleash a weapon of apocalyptic proportions and bring the British government to its knees.
 
A deniable team is assembled to hunt down the terrorists. Called back from obscurity to lead them is Jack "Gorilla" Grant: a freelancer with a Smith & Wesson' 39 and cut-throat razor. And he's ready to settle the score in his own, brutal fashion.
 
The Sentinel Five team turns their gunsights to the East, and enters a killing ground of death.

Disponibile da: 26/01/2022.

Lunghezza di stampa: 286 pagine.

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