Long after most men his age have retired, Blaine McCracken is still fighting evil; an aging warrior with a sixth sense for survival. Considered by some as past his prime and a relic, McCracken is still deadly proficient; a legend who lives apart from others, except for his lengthy relationship with Johnny Wareagle. But this time, the stakes are higher than they've ever been and eliminating the enemy will prove to be close to impossible.

Threats used to come from outside the US -- now they're coming from within. The fanatic Rev. Jeremiah Rule is preaching hatred throughout the nation and inciting horrific attacks on innocent people. However, Rule is only part of the problem, since he's being manipulated by a sinister group led by Carroll, a radical rogue agent with Homeland Security's Gap division. Carroll and his associates do not like the path America is taking or where it's headed. Confident they know what's best, their plot to reinvent the country involves a full-scale, tactical assault on blameless individuals using disillusioned, highly trained operatives with military experience.

Then the plot takes a terrifying turn when Rule decides on a different path to achieve his goal of opening the Tenth Circle of Hell and ridding the world of those he deems injurious to it. Anxious to see the current US government fall, what better time to launch a weapon of mass destruction than during the President's State of the Union address?

Basing the secret weapon of mass destruction on two great historical mysteries, the lost colony of Roanoke Island in 1590 and the missing crew of the freighter Marie Celeste in 1872, Jon Land offers up a slam-bang, intricately detailed political thriller chockfull of nonstop, action-filled adventure in THE TENTH CIRCLE. McCracken and his compatriots expertly deal with some of the most evil characters to inhabit a plotline, while pulling off some of the most heroic feats imaginable. THE TENTH CIRCLE adds incredible dimensions to the legendary mystique of Blaine McCracken.

Book Summary

McCracken races to stop a terrorist attack on the State of the Union speech and confronts an ancient weapon of unimaginable power.

Blaine McCracken has just pulled off the impossible in Iran, ridding the world of a terrible threat—only to return home to face another. The reverend Jeremiah Rule spews hateful rhetoric and inflames half the world, setting off a series of devastating terrorist attacks. Rule, though, isn’t acting alone. A shadowy cabal is pulling his strings, unaware that they are creating a monster who’s about to spin free of their control.

Finding himself a wanted man, McCracken must draw on skills and allies both old and new to get to the heart of a plan aimed at unleashing no less than the tenth circle of hell. A desperate chase across country and continent takes him into the past, where the answers he needs hide in some of history’s greatest unsolved mysteries. As the clock ticks down to an unthinkable maelstrom, McCracken and his trusty sidekick Johnny Wareagle fight to save the United States from a war that the country didn’t even know it was fighting – but that it may well lose.

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