A deadly bioweapon could alter the balance of power in the Middle East.

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Forever.

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The CIA Emerging Threats group, headed by Don Riley and his three talented officers, has one mission: to find and eliminate nascent national security threats before they drag the United States into another international conflict.

When the Mahdi, a new terrorist group, springs up in the geopolitical tinderbox that is the Nile River basin, Riley’s team is on the job—and they quickly realize this is no ordinary terrorist. Named after a messianic figure in Islamic mythology, the Mahdi is highly sophisticated and hidden behind layers of deception. Emerging Threats deploys all the resources that the U.S. can bring to bear—intelligence assets, cyber warfare and military assaults—to unmask who is really behind the Mahdi and uncover the terrifying truth.

The Mahdi has created Pandora, a devastating bioweapon that could set off a global pandemic.

From the US military veteran writing duo that brought you Rules of Engagement comes a thriller about the most lethal weapon of our time, a virus that turns every human being into another weapon. In a race against the clock, keep pace with Riley and his team as they unravel the clues to the Mahdi’s identity and hunt down the Pandora virus.

Before it’s too late.