The Annihilation Protocol — Michael Laurence

A lethal nerve gas. A genocidal conspiracy. Can an FBI agent and his team stop a shadowy cabal from wiping out millions?

The Annihilation Protocol, the gripping follow-up to The Extinction Agenda, delivers a thriller series described as "Jack Reacher falling into a plot written by Dan Brown" (James Rollins, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Crucible).

For centuries, the mysterious Thirteen syndicate has staged a silent coup, infiltrating governments and manipulating world events. Now they're ready to claim the entire world as their own. Only FBI Special Agent James Mason and his longtime friends stand in their way.

After narrowly preventing a global pandemic, Mason's team discovers an even deadlier threat: a lethal nerve gas capable of wiping every major city off the map. Their only clue lies in a cryptic message written in the blood of a man found entombed behind a concrete wall. When another victim appears in the heart of Central Park, Mason realizes the murders are personal, and connecting them is key to averting catastrophe.

With eight million lives hanging in the balance, Mason and his team, including a new partner he's not sure he can trust, must track down the sinister agent known as Scarecrow before toxic gas fills the streets of New York City. Can they stop the Thirteen from enacting their genocidal agenda? Or will a shadow empire rise from the ashes of humanity?