The Polaris Protocol (Pike Logan)

ISBN: 0525953973

Author: Taylor, Brad

Condition: New

Retired Delta Force commander Brad Taylor returns with the fifth propulsive thriller in his New York Times bestselling Pike Logan series.Taskforce operators Pike Logan and Jennifer Cahill are used to putting their lives at risk, but in The Polaris Protocol its Jennifers brother and countless more innocents who face unfathomable violence and bloodshed.Pike and Jennifer are in Turkmenistan with the Taskforce-a top-secret antiterrorist unit that operates outside US law-when Jennifer gets a call from her brother, Jack. Working on an investigative report into the Mexican drug cartels, Jack Cahill has unknowingly gotten caught between two rival groups. His desperate call to his sister is his last before hes kidnapped.In their efforts to rescue Jack, Pike and Jennifer uncover a plot much more insidious than illegal drug trafficking-the cartel that put a target on Jacks back has discovered a GPS hack with the power to effectively debilitate the United States. The hack allows a user to send false GPS signals, making it possible to manipulate everything from traffic signals and banking wire transfers to cruise missiles, but only while the systems loophole remains in place.With the GPS hack about to be exploited and Jacks life at stake, Jennifer and Pike must find a way to infiltrate the cartels inner circle and eliminate the impending threat. The price of failure, for both the Taskforce and the country, is higher than ever.