Robert Ludlum brilliantly confirms his reputation as the king of the political thriller. This time the theme of his novel was a terrible and, alas, very real threat of the 21st century - bacteriological weapons in the hands of attackers. The chain of deaths in Russia and the USA, the painful agony of the Discovery crew are only the first results of the activities of the conspirators who decided to take revenge on Islamic terrorists for the death of their loved ones at all costs. But is this revenge worth the lives of the population of entire countries? The novel is published in Russian for the first time.