Edge - Jeffrey Deaver

Behind the well-known U.S. security organizations￢ﾀﾔ the FBI and CIA among them￢ﾀﾔlies a heavily guarded, anonymous government agency dedicated to intelligence surveillance and to a highly specialized brand of citizen protection.
Shock waves of alarm ripple through the clandestine agency when Washington, D.C., police detective Ryan Kessler inexplicably becomes the target of Henry Loving, a seasoned, ruthless ￢ﾀﾜlifter￢ﾀﾝ hired to obtain information using whatever means necessary. While Loving is deft at torture, his expertise lies in getting an ￢ﾀﾜedge￢ﾀﾝ on his victim￢ﾀﾔleverage￢ﾀﾔusually by kidnapping or threatening family until the ￢ﾀﾜprimary￢ﾀﾝ caves under pressure.
The job of keeping the Kessler family alive falls to a man named Corte, a senior federal protection officer known as a ￢ﾀﾜshepherd.￢ﾀﾝ Uncompromising, relentlessly devoted to protecting those in his care and a passionate board game aficionado, he applies brilliant gaming strategy to his work. For Corte, the reappearance of Loving￢ﾀﾔthe man who, six years earlier, had tortured and killed someone close to him￢ﾀﾔis also an opportunity to avenge his friend￢ﾀﾙs death. The assignment soon escalates into a fast-paced duel between Corte and Loving, a dangerous volley of wits and calculated risks.
As he shepherds the Kesslers to a concealed safe house, Corte must anticipate Loving￢ﾀﾙs every step as the lifter moves in on his prey, and with the help of razor-sharp investigator Claire DuBois and his longtime ally, FBI agent Paul Fredericks, pinpoint which of Kessler￢ﾀﾙs seemingly insignificant cases has triggered Loving￢ﾀﾙs return. As the team digs deeper, each of the Kesslers comes under close scrutiny, and in captivity their family bonds are stretched to the breaking point￢ﾀﾔas the lifter draws near, Corte must ultimately choose between protecting his charges and exposing them to a killer in the name of long-awaited revenge.
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