The Protege Author:Stephen Frey Christian Gillette, the powerful chairman of New York's most successful private equity firm, has paid his dues and has no reason to look back. Except one. A mysterious man claiming to represent "certain interests in Washington, D.C." approaches Gillette with valuable information about the mother Gillette never knew and the truth about his fath... more »er's suspicious death. In return, Gillette must play ball wiht a shadowy government agency guarding a new technology that could be humanity's greatest tool...or its deadliest weapon of terror. Complicating matters are Gillette's young protege, who's hiding a horrific secret, and the feisty co-worker with an eye oon more than the bottom line. But laying his personal demons to rest is the one thing Gillette wants most, and that's a reward for which he's willing to take any risk.« less