Gideon's Sword Author:Preston & Child At 12, Gideon Crew witnessed his father, a world-class mathematician, accused of treason & gunned down. At 20, summoned to his dying mother's bedside, Gideon learned the truth: His father was framed & deliberately slaughtered. with her last breath, she begs her son to avenge him. Now, with a new purpose in his life, he crafts a 1-time mission of... more » vengeance, aimed at the perpetrator of his father's destruction. His plan is meticulous, spectacular & successful. But from the shadows, someone is watching. A very powerful someone who is impressed by his special skills. Someone who has need of just such a renegade. For Gideon this operation may be only the beginning.« less