In the tradition of bestselling
authors such as Jack Higgins and Clive Cussler, a new voice in thriller
writing has emerged to rival any of the masters. When the president is kidnapped during his ski holiday in Colorado, disavowed Secret Service
Agent Scott Harvath is his only hope of rescue. As the FBI and CIA chase
a string of dangerously false clues across the Middle East, Agent
Harvath's investigation leads him to Switzerland. Throughout the picturesque towns of Bern, Interlaken and Lucerne, Harvath plays a deadly game of cat and mouse with the real kidnappers, as well as rogue
factions within his own government that want him terminated before he can save the president. With only the ambitious Claudia Muehler of the
Swiss Federal Attorney's Office to assist him, the pair are forced to go
it alone as they realise the kidnapping plot reaches some of the
highest levels of the Swiss Intelligence community. In a race against
time, they must scale the treacherous heights of Mt. Pilatus, uncover a hidden military fortress secreted beneath its peak, and defeat the formidable force that stands between them and the safe return of the
president – the deadly men known as the Lions of Lucerne.
